Case Name: Ann Lohman alias Madame Restell, plaintiff in error, vs. The People, defendants in error
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1848-06
Citations: 4 How. Pr. 445
Docket Number: 
Parties: Ann Lohman alias Madame Restell, plaintiff in error, vs. The People, defendants in error.
Judges: 
Reporter: Howard's Practice Reports
Volume: 4
Pages: 445–445

Head Matter:
Ann Lohman alias Madame Restell, plaintiff in error, vs. The People, defendants in error.
—Judgment affirmed.
Edward Sandford, for plaintiff in error;
John McKeon, district attorney, for defendants in error.

Opinion:
It was decided in this case, that mere surplusage in an indictment did not vitiate. Facts alleged in an indictment which constitute a misdemeanor will be good for that offence, although additional facts which nearly {intent not averred) constitute felony are also alleged.
Questions of privilege to jurors and witnesses in criminal cases were also raised and decided. (Reported, 1 Comstock, 379.)