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JUSTICE COU RT - TOWN OF TEC:.?SC ' .
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The People of the State of New Yor k
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ISIDORE GETLAN, JACOB STEIER, JACOB
ROSENBLATT and JACOB iVlETTLER,
Defendants.

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Pre s ent : ART HUR C. KYLE, Justi ce .

App e aran ~ s : WILLIAM DECKELMAN, ESQ., Di s t r i ct Attorney,

for The People.
MORRIS oPPENHEIM , ESQ'. , for Defendant s.

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The fo l lowing proceedings were had

be ror-e A!'thur C. Kyle, a Justice of the Peace in and
for the Town of Thompson, at the Cou!'t House, MonticpllO,
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New York, September 4, 1943;
-,.1 Info aticns ere sworn to B.! - filed.
l4R. ;;:CKEL"': 'ow, 1 f - e Court

please, I ask th a t the in!orma"~ n i ea~~ case be read

to the defendant lndi vi dually before final d1 sp s1:~ o..

I would l i k e to have you h ol d up the sentences u n t i l
they have all been arrai gned.
THE COURT: Mr . Rosenblatt , I wi l l
read this information to you.
The Court read the information t o th e
defendant Ro s enblatt and a dvised him o f all h i s rights.
THE COURT: You may e nter a p l ea of
gu i l t y or not guil ty t o t he cha rge .
MR. ROSENBLATT: I pl ead guilt y .
The Court read the information in the
case of Jacob ettl er and advi sed him of all his rights .
MR . . METTLER: I would like to get the
advi c e of a lawyer.
MR. DECKELMAN: I t h i nk he ough t t o pu t
in hi s p l e a now.

THE COURT: GUilt y or not gUil t y ?

MR. METTLER: I plead no t buil ty.
Th e Court read th e i n f ormati on in t h e
case of Jacob Steier and advised him of all h i s r i ghts.
THE C RT : You may en te r a pl e a of
guilty or not guilty to the ch arge .

MR. STEI ER : I b eg your pardon. Did

you say I had so~ething to do with the money?

THE COURT: I wil l read it again .

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The Court again read the informati on

in the case of Jacob Steier.
MR. DECKEL It mean s that he helpe
Operate the room.
MR. STEIER : Then I am gull ty.
The Cou rt read the informati on in the
ca se of Isidore Getlan , and advised him of all hi s
rights.
THE COURT: You may enter a pl ea of
5~i l t y or not guilty.
J.:R. GETLAN: Not guilty .
MR. DECKEL1~: I n relation to the
?~s enblatt mat te r, I want to say this, if the Court
pl ea s e :
In 19 37 or 1938 this defendant was
convi cted of operating a hors e room in t he Village of
onticello . That convi ction was t he r esult of complaint
that ha d come to the District Attorney's Offi ce for a
n er iod of several months during the summer of ' 37 . It
~s ~eces5ary at that t i me, in or der t o eliminate t he
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~orse ro om, fOr my offi ce t o exp end a "
consi ~erable sum
o~ money; as a mat t er o f fact , we had Pi nke rto n men in
o ~ t i c el l o fo r a peri od of po ssibl y three week s . Ro sen-
":::a· · ul eaded gu il ty be for e JUdge Russell in Supreme
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Cou r t and Vias fined, I t hink , $7 5 .00 .

I n 1940 , about the month of Augus t,

~ ~is defendant was again convicted in a Poli ce Justice
~u rt in t he Village of ont i cel l o of oper ati ng a horse
room, and my recoll ection is he and some other defendant
ere fined something l i ke $ 250 .00. I think I sa ac Silb er
an was the Police Justice . I think this defendant ' s
~-.e wa s 175.00, an d t he other man was fined $75 .00 .

La st yea r Lieut enant Fab er raided an -

--e_ :- - ~ee . m t hat t his defendant operated in t he ViI

I understand that several weeks ago he

was again convi cted under ci rcum st an ce s t h at dian ' t s oun
very goo d to t he gene ral public.

THE CalRT: Woul d you mind gi vi ng that

ag ~n to me? I would li ke to have it .

:he :ast paragraph of Mr . De ckelman's

=- a- e:::ent wa s repeated.

, . D2 CKEL1~ : ( Cont 'g) -- -whi ch, of

cc rse, so far as I am concerned, a r e only rumors. I
c~e::- say it now for the information o f t he Court .
:. e - ~ e r t he Court L~O"S about it , I don 't know.
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In this part i cul ar case complaints

were filed ti me and time again and it was at my re quest
t::at the state Police came into the village of Monticel-
lo today for the purpos e of raiding this r oom.
Now, I think that under al l the circum-
stances, in vi ew of t he four convictions, there is only
one se ntence t hat ought to be met ed out in t his matter,
an d t hat is a jail sentence of at least six months . That
~s all I have to say in relat ion to Rosenblatt .
MR. ROSENBLAXT: As l ong a s a l awyer is
;;ld l i ke to have a lawyer too. Can I
ge my pl ea ?
THE COURT: Since you h aven't been rep-
resen t ed by an Attorney up to this time- - - how do you fee
about it, r. District Attorney? Have you any obj ection?
MR . DECKELMAN : If h e hadn 't made his
.€ ul dl'l't have made t he statement .
THE COURT : Do you have any objection
-- :~s caan gLng his plea?
.3.. ~~ ELMAN : I object. I t hink t he

TliE .~ : As a mat t er of law , do you I

c ~ e the r t he r e is any : aw on 5U~~ a thing?
Q I don't mean at that particular pl a c e- - - have you ever
vrorked at any other place th~~ Mr. Rosenblatt 's?
A No .
THE COURT: I will impose a fi ne of
$50 .00 in t his case.
MR. OPPENHEIM : J a cob Met t l er desires
· 0 chang e his plea and pl ea ds guilty.
THE COURT: I will i mpos e the same fine
- ' - the case of the other defendant.
MR. OPPENHEIM: I sidore Get l an also

_HE Ca:=: I will al so impose a fi ne

5: : in :four case, r. Getlan.
THE CC''':?1' : I unders t and 1:;1' . Rosenbl att
--- to ch ange hi s pl ea to guilt y?

MR. R SENBLATT: Yes, sir.

DECKELMAN : That' s right.
OPPENHEIM: Yes. I am conver san t
- e f ct he c a s been arrested previously . He has
~ ~~:t- seve ral t imes . I have tried to impre ss
· ha· :i s conti nuance in this kind of conduct is
_a.!'!"as sing not only '; 0 ~imself bu t to t he District " .
- ~ ey ~'d that t hi s t hi ng must stop . I have hi s aasur- I
.::a. the pl a ce will be closed an d it wi ll not be re- I
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opened in this county during the p eriod o f \Vhat ev e r

sentence you gi ve him at least . He has several OOi l -
dr-en and I don I t thi nk any good will come b y sending him
~o jail. I ask that no other sentenc e b e i mpo sed than
t :J. e fine.
MR.. nECKELMAN : I am s a ti s f i ed i f he
:e se ~t e nced and the sentence suspende d.
THE COURT : I n 1 9 37 you p ai d a fin e of
:--- is tha t co r r ect?
!m . ROSENBLATT: I really don I t kn ow.
. .: a !"'in e o~ _ 75 . 00 1

ember t~e fine .

>.!R . DECKELMAi~ : You pai d $250 .00 al-
- : e- =::'--- 75.00 for one other party , and $175 .00 for

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you wer e arrested again-- -\Vho was that before ?
il:no...
F r oi::ably before me . A I remember it now---I don ' t
reaembe r- how much th e f i ne was .
:~ is ~y recollection i~ wa s $150 .00 . A I think so.
_ ~is suomer you we r e ~rested previously---\Vhat fine did
- ou pay?

1 00 .00 .
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THE COURT: I will tell you this,

Mr .. Rosenblatt, of course i t is true that the biggest
t hing t!1at can be said for you is the fact you are mar- •
ried and have t hree c.'li l dren , an d also at t his stage of
t he pro c eedi ngs t hat is ab out the onl y t hing that in-
clines me to be lenient sofaras the actual i mposition of
a ail sentence is concerned. The District Atto rn ey has
5a.1.~ that he would be sat i s fi ed if a jail term wer e im-
~ a::d suspended. I take i t for granted that he as-
- ,..- ~~ the case of such s-e-s:'on, the suspensio

e ,"i··a!.en~ to assuran ce that I

' 0 be ; -~a·~ng ever at any other time
onti cello , an d if I do
sp end sentence on it, before
-ha· , I want your p romi se that t hat is going to be
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at. ROSENBLATT: T~atls right.
THE COORT: Your Attorney has already
s •. :t is j' s· ~at I want your word too. I will
• a se~ - en c e f ~x ~onths in the co~~ty jail, and
- wi:l su spend sent e : want i· understoo d t hat if
during th e next six -- ~:~- ou are apprehende d either
op erating a hor s e ro - l~ · _e ~::age 0:' ~onticello, or
as si sting or ahetti.- ~~ 1:s opera·~ o. r if you become
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interested in one, I shall, as one of the conditions no

of thi s se ntence , invoke that six months ' term. I n other
•, words, ar e you sat i s fi ed that the time has now come thatl
you no longer can make a livi ng by this method? Are youl
so satisfied?
MR. ROSENBLATT : Yes.
THE COUJilX : I think, inasmuch as s en-
t ence i s susp ended, • - )U shoul d pay a higher fine
t han you have ever p. .or-e ,

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~n .... ~~' __~ e given a little con-
si~era~ion on the fine too. I promis e you---
THE CCXJRT: I will gi ve you t hi s much
consideration: The maximum is $500 . 00. I will impo se
a fine of $250 .00/

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