Edward Cowley, Plaintiff in Error v. the People of the State of New York, Defendant in Error

Summary

The Court affirmed the conviction, holding that the secretary of the benevolent institution had the legal "care and custody" of the child, that the indictment’s single‑day specification was satisfied by continuous neglect, that photographs of the child were admissible, that the statute imposed a duty to provide for the child regardless of the defendant’s means, and that hypothetical questions to expert witnesses were permissible.