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· 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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