State v. Blakeley
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Defendant was indicted in the district court for Ramsey county for grand larceny in the first degree. The case was tried before Kelly, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict of guilty in the second degree. From a judgment entered pursuant to the verdict, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
The defendant was indicted of the crime of grand larceny in the first degree. The crime consisted in unlawfully, feloniously, and in the nighttime stealing and carrying away from the person of Tony Barrom $240, his personal property. At the close of the state’s case defendant rested without the introduction of any testimony, and requested the court to instruct the jury to return a verdict in favor of defendant, upon the ground of variance between the name of the prosecuting witness and the person alleged in the indictment as the owner of the property, whose true name appeared in the evidence…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Gahan v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1871
- State v. BuhnkeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1880
- Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1872
- State v. GrimesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1892
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1879
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