State v. Zimmer

The plaintiffs in error, Zimmer and Cohen, were convicted on an indictment charging them with attempting to break and enter the factory building of the New Universal Rabbit & Fancy Dressing Company, Newark, New Jersey, with intent to steal the goods, &c., of that company. A third defendant, Hinkes, was also convicted but has abandoned his writ of error.

The entire record of the proceedings, certified by the trial judge, is before us. The assignments of error and the specification of causes for reversal are identical as to each plaintiff in error. The appeal was submitted on brief and the…