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The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Edward R. Thomas, Appellant, 1906 — 184 N.Y. 553 · caselaw · US
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The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Edward R. Thomas, Appellant
184 N.Y. 553·New York Court of Appeals·1906·NY
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Opinion
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Edward R. Thomas, Appellant.
People v. Thomas, 110 App. Div. 889, affirmed.
(Argued February 13, 1906;
decided February 27, 1906.)
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered December 13, 1905, which affirmed a judgment of the Court of Special Sessions in the city of New York convicting the defendant of a misdemeanor in operating an automobile at an unlawful rate of speed.
P. J. Pooney and Alfred Lauterbach for appellant.
William Travers Jerome, District Attorney (Robert G. Taylor of counsel), for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Judgment of conviction affirmed; no opinion
Concur: Gray, Edward T. Bartlett, Haight, Vann, Willard Bartlett and Chase, JJ. Absent: Cullen, Oh. J.