· 12/30/1959
Franciscan Missionaries of Mary v. Herdman
Citations
- 7 N.Y.2d 829
- 164 N.E.2d 723
- 196 N.Y.S.2d 705
- 1959 N.Y. LEXIS 921
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- holding that an unloaded gun is not a “dangerous instrument” under New York penal law defining that term as an object “readily capable of causing death or other serious physical injury”
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