Armsby v. People
New York Supreme Court
This is a writ of error to review a judgment and conviction of the Albany oyer and terminer. The plaintiffs in error were convicted of grand larceny. The indictment was also, jointly, against one James Mulhall, who has not been arrested, and James Palmer, alias Davis, not tried.
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This is a writ of error to review a judgment and conviction of the Albany oyer and terminer. The plaintiffs in error were convicted of grand larceny. The indictment was also, jointly, against one James Mulhall, who has not been arrested, and James Palmer, alias Davis, not tried. The larceny charged, was the taking from the possession of one Job H. Reynolds, a stranger, who arrived in Albany, in April, 1873, about $300 in money, and a gold watch, of the value of about $80. Three of those indicted were tried, convicted, and sentenced to the penitentiary, two for three years each; the other for…
1Opinion of the CourtP. Potter, J.
The undisputed facts are, that the complainant, Reynolds, from Michigan, an elderly man, arrived in the city of Albany, in the afternoon, and toward evening, went to the steamboat Drew, purchased a ticket, and checked his. baggage for New York. While sitting on board of the boat, a stranger made his acquaintance, and inquired the place of his residence, and being informed that it was Michigan, this stranger informed him, that a man from Michigan had been, that afternoon, killed on the railroad, and invited him to go down and see if he could not recognize him. They went together, along the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- The People v. . GonzalezNew York Court of Appeals · 1866
- The People v. . WentzNew York Court of Appeals · 1867
- Fenno v. WestonSupreme Court of Vermont · 1858
- Jewett v. . BanningNew York Court of Appeals · 1860
- People v. WilliamsNew York Supreme Court · 1838
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