People v. Arnold

This case comes up on exceptions to the rulings of the Recorder of Detroit, taken on the second trial of the defendant for the crime of larceny, charged to have been committed October 3, 1878. The firm of A. N. Sabin & Co., produce and commission dealers, were the prosecutors, and the theory of the prosecution was that defendant came to their place of business on pretense of making a purchase of flour, and engaged their attention while a confederate committed the larceny. On the first trial the defendant took the stand in his own behalf, and undertook to account for his presence at Sabin’s in…