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PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

93 Misc.2d 726 (1978)

The People of the State of New York, Plaintiff, v. James Williams, Defendant.

Criminal Court of the City of New York, New York County.

February 7, 1978

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin Erdmann for defendant. Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney, for plaintiff.

IRVING LANG, J.

In France it is an "escroquerie." In Belgium it is "un jeu essentiellement d'adresse." In England Lord Alverstone of the King's Bench called it "sleight of hand and nothing more." The Canadian court followed England, but the Canadian Parliament outlawed it. American cases are in conflict. Scarne scorns it and Leff ignores it. There are no New York cases on it, but hundreds were arrested for it...

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