State v. Bogossian

— I. The subject-matter of the larceny charged consisted of a brass bed, four chairs, one rug, and one vacuum cleaner, all of which were found in the possession of the defendant. The specific nature of the defense of not guilty, as made in this case, was that the deiendant acted under the insane impulse ot kleptomania, and that he was not morally responsible for the act committed by him. The specific character of this defense is somewhat overlooked in the grounds .of reversal urged before us. One of these grounds is that the State made an unlawful search of the defendant’s premises and…