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People v. Engelbrect

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Nov 8, 1940
260 App. Div. 912 (N.Y. App. Div. 1940)

Summary

In People v. Engelbrect (260 App. Div. 912), in a prosecution for leaving the scene of an accident, a witness copied the license number of an automobile on a match box; thereafter she gave the match box to a patrolman who copied the number on a temporary memorandum pad and threw the match box away; later the patrolman recopied the number into his permanent memorandum book and discarded the temporary pad.

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Opinion

November 8, 1940.

Present — Martin, P.J., Townley, Untermyer, Cohn and Callahan, JJ.


Judgment unanimously affirmed. No opinion.


Summaries of

People v. Engelbrect

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Nov 8, 1940
260 App. Div. 912 (N.Y. App. Div. 1940)

In People v. Engelbrect (260 App. Div. 912), in a prosecution for leaving the scene of an accident, a witness copied the license number of an automobile on a match box; thereafter she gave the match box to a patrolman who copied the number on a temporary memorandum pad and threw the match box away; later the patrolman recopied the number into his permanent memorandum book and discarded the temporary pad.

Summary of this case from People v. Betts
Case details for

People v. Engelbrect

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JOSEPH ENGELBRECT…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

Date published: Nov 8, 1940

Citations

260 App. Div. 912 (N.Y. App. Div. 1940)

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