The following excerpt is from People v. Hilt, 199 Misc. 886 (N.Y. Dist. Ct. 1951):
This court, however, feels no constraint to follow them. Upon examination of these authorities it appears that all have been decided in the second department and all recognize People v. Lieberman (248 App. Div. 602, affd. 273 N.Y. 524, supra) as authority for an interpretation of section 2189 of the Penal Law common only to that department.
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