OF THE

ATTORNEY-GENERAL

OF THE

STATE OF NEW YORK

For the Year Ending December 31, 1908

WILLIAM SCHUYLER JACKSON
ATTORNEY-GENERAL

TRANSMITTED TO THE LEGISLATURE APRIL 30, 1909

ALBAN Y

J. B. LYON COMPANY, STATE PRINTERS

L19123

JUL 2 3 1941

CONTENTS.

Attorney-General's Office, 1908..

Report . .

Important accomplishments

Actions and proceedings to enforce Anti-Monopoly Laws.

Attorney-General's powers and duties..

People v. Santa Clara Lumber Co.

Review of appropriations

Opinion to State Superintendent of Elections.

New York city gas litigation..

Eighty-Cent Gas Case

People v. Consol. Gas Co....

Application of Attorney-General v. Consolidated Gas Co..

Table of banking receiverships.

Recount of New York Mayoralty vote of 1905..

Letter to Governor Hughes requesting extraordinary term.

36

37

37

Letter of Deputy Attorney-General Osborne and reply..

Grand jury in court for instructions..

Attorney-General addresses the court..

57

58, 155

58

60

61

61

Indictment of the Ice Trust -- Continued:

Judge Dowling's charge to grand jury.
No Bills voted....

Grand jury's presentment..
Completion of grand jury's work..
Difficulties in the way of indictment.

a. New York's grand jury system..

Letter from ex-Grand Juror...

b. Attempts to discredit the Attorney-General.

1. Nathan Vidaver incident...

Letter to Governor Hughes.

Note: Vidaver indictment dismissed by District Attorney

Jerome in 1909.......

New York American editorial.

2. Frank White incident..

Letter to Senate

Letter to Senator Saxe

Second grand jury..

Indictments found

Note: Trial and conviction in 1909.

Chronological review

Action to oust American Ice Co. from State.

Proceedings against Telegraph monopoly Petition for examination to

Coal Trust investigation....

show Telegraph monopoly...

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Application for leave to commence actions against Postal Tele-
graph Cable Co., and Western Union Telegraph Co..

Special franchise tax...

Criminal proceedings under executive requirement.

American Ice Co., People v.....

German Bank cases...

Binghamton cases

Clinton county cases..

Kissena Park investigation.

Crimes against Election Law, Metropolitan District..

93

DECISIONS.

Decisions of the Attorney-General:

In re, Oliver C. Cone v. Herbert J. Feehan.

In re, Peter Stauffacher v. James Bogert.....

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125

127

In re, George Scott Towne v. Douglas C. Moriarta..

128

In re, James J. Shaw v. Eugene F. McKinley.

In re, Patrick F. White v. Patrick H. McDonald..

133

136

In re,

R. Grant Johnston v. Liverpool and London and Globe In-

surance Co. . .

138

State Superintendent of Weights and Measures.

Superintendent of State Reservation at Niagara.

Trustees of Public Buildings..

479

481

483

Other than State officers, departments, etc.

Commissioners of the Land Office....

485

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