The Penal Code of the State of New York: In Force December 1, 1882, as ...

§ 592.-People v. Helmer, 85 Hun, 5303 67 N. Y. St. Rep. 180;

9 N. Y. Cr. Rep. 518.

Indictment. People v. Helmer, 154 N. Y. 596, reversing 13 App. Div. 426; 77 N. Y. St. Rep. 642; 43 N. Y. Supp. 642; 13 N. Y. Cr. Rep. 1.

§ 615. This section in prohibiting the business of brokerage in tickets, is unconstitutional. People ex rel. Tyroler v. Warden, 157 N. Y. 116, reversing 26 App. Div. 228.

§ 616.-People ex rel. Tyroler v. Warden, 157 N. Y. 116, reversing

26 App. Div. 228.

§ 633. Burnham v. C. V. S. Co., 142 N. Y. 169:58 N. Y. St. Rep. 638; Nat. Com. Bank v. Lackawana Tran. Co., 59 App. Div. 270.

§639. Hewitt v. Newburger, 141 N. Y. 540; 57 N. Y. St. Rep. 821, reversing 66 Hun, 2303 48 N. Y. St. Rep. 811; 20 N. Y. Supp. 913.

The word "willfully" means an act done with a wrongful
purpose. Wass v. Stephens, 128 N. Y. 1233 38 N. Y.
St. Rep. 882, affirming 2 Silv. S. Ct. 5813 24 N. Y. St.
Rep. 695; 6 N. Y. Supp. 131.

§ 640.-Subd. 11.-See Rice v. Buffalo S. H. Co., 17 App. Div. 463; 79 N. Y. St. Rep. 277; 45 N. Y. Supp. 277. Subd. 11.- Use of a steam roller in a street. Mullen v. Village of Glens Falls, 11 App. Div. 275; 76 N. Y. St. Rep. 1133 42 N. Y. Supp. 113.

§ 652. Fisher v. Village of Cambridge, 133 N. Y. 527; 44 N. Y.

St. Rep. 317.

Riding bicycle on side-walk-the place must be a public highway. People v. Meyer, 26 Misc. 117.

§ 654. This section was enacted for the purpose of covering cases which had not already been provided for. People v. Knatt. 156 N. Y. 302, reversing 19 App. Div. 628; 13 N. Y. Cr. Rep. 92.

The destruction of an instrument with which a repeated
trespass is made is justifiable.
People v. Kane et al.,
142 N. Y. 366:59 N. Y. St. Kep. 32, reversing 73
Hun, 542; 56 N. Y. St. Rep. 887; 26 N. Y. Supp.
1121; 9 N. Y. Cr. Rep. 196; Hewitt v. Newburger, 141
Ν. Υ. 540:57 N. Y. St. Rep. 821. reversing 66 Hun,
230; 48 N. Y. St. Rep. 811: 20 N. Y. Supp. 913.

An unlawful as well as a willful destruction of property
must be proved. People v. Kane. 131 N. Y. 111; 42
N. Y. St. Rep. 722, reversing 39 N. Y. St. Rep. 751;
15 N. Y. Supp. 6123 10 N. Y. Cr. Rep. 107.

The person who poisons the horse of another may be
prosecuted under this section, or under section 660.
People v. Christv. 8 N. Y. Cr. Rep. 480; Layton v.
McConnell, 61 App. Div. 447.

§ 655.-Evidence. People v. Theobald, 92 Hun, 182; 71 N. Y. St.

Rep. 527; 36 N. Y. Supp. 498.

§ 656. The animal must be injured past recovery. Sahr v. Scholle, 89 Hun, 42; 69 N. Y. St. Rep. 453; 35 N. Y. Supp. 97.

§ 660.-Sufficiency of indictment under this section considered. People v. Knatt, 156 N. Y. 302, reversing 19 App. Div. 628; 13 N. Y. Cr. Rep. 92.

The person who poisons the horse of another may be prosecuted under this section or under section 654. People v. Christy, 8 N. Y. Cr. Rep. 480.

§ 668.-Fox v. Mohawk & Hudson R. H. Soc., 25 App. Div. 26. § 672.-Sufficiency of indictment. People v. Coombs, 158 N. Y. 532, affirming 36 App. Div. 284; People v. Klipfel, 37 App. Div. 2243; affirmed, 160 N. Y. 371.

Under this section, fraud cannot be predicated upon a
claim presented where the items are correct, but the
charge is excessive. People v. King, 15 App. Div. 84;
78 N. Y. St. Rep. 287; 44 N. Y. Supp. 287; 12 N. Y.
Cr. Rep. 240; affirmed, 12 N. Y. Cr. Rep. 242.

This section and section 165 of Penal Code distinguished.
People v. Stock, 21 Misc. 147.

§ 675.-Re-publication of an anarchical article is a violation of law. People v. Most, 36 Misc. 139.

§ 688.-Indictment for having burglars' tools, charged as a second offense-effect 01 failure to prove previous conviction. People v. Reilly, 49 App. Div. 218.

Is constitutional. People v. Sickles, 26 App. Div. 470, affirming 156 N. Y. 541.

§ 698.-Not repealed by section 146, chapter 546 of 1896. People ex rel. Olcott v. House of Refuge, 22 App. Div. 254. 704.-Extortion is a felony. People v. Hughes, 137 N. Y. 29; 50 N. Y. St. Rep. 62, affirming 46 N. Y. St. Rep. 413; 19 N. Y. Supp. 550; 8 N. Y. Cr. кер. 448.

§ 710. A prisoner's civil rights are not extinguished, but only suspended. People v. Hawker, 14 App. Div. 188;77 St. Rep. 5163 43 N. Y. Supp. 516; reversed, 152 Ν. Y. 234; but see Hawker v. People of New York, 170 U. S. 189; 18 Sup. Ct. Rep. 573.

§ 714. Proceedings before police commissioners, in which a policeman is fined for dereliction of duty, cannot be brought out on cross-examination as affecting defendant's credibility under this section. People v. Sullivan, 13 N. Y. Cr. 377.

A determination of police commissioners is not a conviction." People v. Sullivan, 34 App. Div. 544.

Nature of examination of a convict witness. People v. Dorthy, 20 App. Div. 308; 46 N. Y. Supp. 970, affirming 156 N. Y. 237; People v. Sebring, 14 Misc. 31; 69 N. Y. St. Rep. 612; 35 N. Y. Supp. 237; People v. Ledwon, 15 Misc. 280; 72 N. Y. St. Rep. 11; 36 N. Y. Supp. 782, reversing 153 N. Y. 10.

$715.-Husband and wife-confidential communications. People v. Wood, 126 N. Y. 249; 36 N. Y. St. Rep. 952. The voluntary testimony of the wife made in presence of a third party is not improper under this section. People v. Lewis, 9 N. Y Cr. Rep. 340.

$792. This section is a proper exercise of the police power possessed by the people and vested in the legislature. People v. Ewer, 8 N. Y. Cr. Rep. 383.