Opinion
Argued June 14, 1945
Decided July 19, 1945
Appeal from the Court of Special Sessions of the City of New York, Appellate Part, First Department, STRONG, M.
Kenneth W. Greenawalt and Martin A. Schenck for appellant.
Frank S. Hogan, District Attorney ( Whitman Knapp of counsel), for respondent.
Whitney North Seymour, as chairman, and others, constituting the Committee on Civil Rights of the New York State Bar Association, and George Roberts, as chairman, and others, constituting the Committee on the Bill of Rights of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, amici curiae, in support of appellant's position.
Judgments reversed and complaint dismissed on the ground that the evidence was insufficient to support a finding of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. No opinion.
Concur: LEHMAN, Ch. J., LOUGHRAN, LEWIS, CONWAY, DESMOND, THACHER and DYE, JJ.