New York Criminal Reports

For over sixty million Americans, possessing a criminal record overshadows everything else about their public identity. A rap sheet, or even a court appearance or background report that reveals a run-in with the law, can have fateful consequences for a person’s interactions with just about everyone else. The Eternal Criminal Record makes transparent a pervasive system of police databases and identity screening that has become a routine feature of American life. The United States is unique in making criminal information easy to obtain by employers, landlords, neighbors, even cyberstalkers. Its nationally integrated rap-sheet system is second to none as an effective law enforcement tool, but it has also facilitated the transfer of ever more sensitive information into the public domain. While there are good reasons for a person’s criminal past to be public knowledge, records of arrests that fail to result in convictions are of questionable benefit. Simply by placing someone under arrest, a police officer has the power to tag a person with a legal history that effectively incriminates him or her for life. In James Jacobs’s view, law-abiding citizens have a right to know when individuals in their community or workplace represent a potential threat. But convicted persons have rights, too. Jacobs closely examines the problems created by erroneous record keeping, critiques the way the records of individuals who go years without a new conviction are expunged, and proposes strategies for eliminating discrimination based on criminal history, such as certifying the records of those who have demonstrated their rehabilitation.

Cites successful examples of community-based policing.

Excerpt from The New York Criminal Reports, Vol. 33: Reports of Cases Decided in All Courts of the State of New York, Together With References to Leading Cases From Other Jurisdictions, in Notes Upon Special Questions of Law and Practice, and to Affirmations and Reversals of Cases Reported Balbo v. People, 80 N. Y. 484, 499 Bank of Utica v. Mersereau, 3 Barb. Ch. 598 Barbier v. Connolly, 113 U. Bellingeenycrrco 23n.y.42 Bennett v. Iron Clad Manufacturing Company, 90 App. Div. 611. Bennett v. Iron Clad Manufacturing Company, 110 App. Div. 443. Bennett v. Iron Clad Manufacturing Company, 121 App. Div. 133. Bennett v. Iron Clad Manufacturing Company, 127 App. Div. 943. Black v. N. Y. Life Insurance Co., 70 Misc. Rep. 532 Bloom v. Richards, 2 Ohio St. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 edition. Excerpt: ...is there anything in the relations of the parties or in the events as they occurred, which could have given Mrs. Weaver the right to believe that he would stand by his signature on this note? If you find that there are no circumstances in the case warranting any such belief on her part, that is proper for you to consider when you make up your minds whether she had any such belief or not. People's beliefs are ordinarily founded on some basis. People that are sane and come to their conclusion by the ordinary processes of reasoning have some gTound, or color of ground, for their beliefs, ordinarily. Now is there anything in this case which naturally would have given Mrs. Weaver the right to expect that Martin Davis would say, when he was informed she had put his name on the note, would say that it was right, that it was proper? Is there anything in the case which would warrant her in any such expectation? That is what you are to consider in connection with her statement that she thought he would ratify or sanction the use of his name." We regard this as an admirably clear and lucid statement of the correct proposition of law applicable to the case. It is strictly within the rule stated in the case of People v. Stevens (109 N. Y. 159), that where the intent is a material element of the offense belief must have some colorable ground or basis. The defendant's counsel urges upon our attention the part9 of the charge relating to the question of intent quoted in his brief as follows: "Now the bank did not get Martin Davis's genuine endorsement, but she wrote his name on it and Swanton thought it was genuine and relying upon its genuineness he discounted the paper and she got the $1,000 in cash. The result of that transaction was, ...

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