Pre-1967 NY Code of Criminal Procedure
From: Chuck Marcus (marcusc@uchastings.edu)
Date: Thu Feb 01 2007 - 12:53:45 PST
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Chuck Marcus
Head of Reference
University of California, Hastings College of the Law Library
San Francisco, CA 94102
marcusc@uchastings.edu
tel:415.565.4838 fax:415.621.4859
On 1 Feb 2007 at 12:41, Chuck Marcus wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Is anyone available to fax a copy of sec 887 of the NY Code of
> Criminal Procedure prior to
> 1967?
>
> In New York, cross-dressing was formerly punishable by section 887
> of the Code of
> Criminal Procedure, which defined [p. 253] as a 'vagrant' (subd.
> 7)
> 'A person, who, having his face painted, discolored, covered or
> concealed, or being otherwise
> disguised, in a manner calculated to prevent his being identified,
> appears in a road or public
> highway, or in a field, lot, wood or enclosure.'
>
> The law was repealed with the adoption of the Criminal Procedure Law
> (L.1967, ch. 681).
> Our superseded statutes on fiche go back to 1971 and our print
> copies are in storage during
> a renovation.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
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