Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Jacob Schenkel, Appellant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1931-03-24
Citations: 256 N.Y. 539
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Jacob Schenkel, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 256
Pages: 539–539

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Jacob Schenkel, Appellant.
(Argued February 18, 1931;
decided March 24, 1931.)
A. F. Walsh for appellant.
John B. Smith, District Attorney (William E. Bennett of counsel), for respondent.

Opinion:
Judgment of the County Court reversed and case remitted to the trial court for the preparation of a new return on the ground that the return made insufficiently states the evidence upon which the conviction was obtained. The trial judge was charged with a duty to keep proper minutes of the trial. If he chose to delegate that duty to a stenographer and cannot obtain a copy of the minutes except by paying for them he should pay whatever is necessary for the discharge of his official duty; no opinion.
Concur: Cardozo, Ch. J., Crane, Lehman, Kellogg and O'Brien, JJ. Not sitting: Pound and Hubbs, JJ.