Case Name: In the Matter of the Application of Kearn J. Mullen, as Foreman of the Grand Jury for the September, 1940, Term of the County Court, Appellant, for an Order Adjudging John J. Halleran, Respondent, Guilty of Contempt of Court
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1942-02-09
Citations: 263 A.D. 957
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Application of Kearn J. Mullen, as Foreman of the Grand Jury for the September, 1940, Term of the County Court, Appellant, for an Order Adjudging John J. Halleran, Respondent, Guilty of Contempt of Court.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 263
Pages: 957–957

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Application of Kearn J. Mullen, as Foreman of the Grand Jury for the September, 1940, Term of the County Court, Appellant, for an Order Adjudging John J. Halleran, Respondent, Guilty of Contempt of Court.

Opinion:
Motion to dismiss appeal granted, without costs, and appeal dismissed, without costs. The appellant has mistaken his remedy. Under the facts here present an appeal will not lie from an order dismissing a petition to punish for criminal contempt. The remedy is by certiorari. (Matter of Douglas v. Adel, 269 N. Y. 144; People ex rel. Taylor v. Forbes, 143 id. 219.) Present — Hagarty, Carswell, Johnston, Taylor and Close, JJ.