State v. Mandich
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the State of Nevada, Lincoln county; G.F. Talbot, District Judge: Daniel Mandich was convicted of grand larceny, and he appeals. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion.
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Appeal from the District Court of the State of Nevada, Lincoln county; G.F. Talbot, District Judge: Daniel Mandich was convicted of grand larceny, and he appeals. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. I. We submit that the court should have instructed the jury to acquit at the close of the case for the state, as the corpus delicti was not proven by any tangible evidence, and it was shown by the state’s witnesses that the defendant had obtained possession of the cyanides in a straightforward and honest manner, as explained at the first opportunity offered him, and his good character…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Bonnifield, J.:
It was charged by the indictment that on or about the 25th day of February, 1898, in Lincoln county, State of Nevada, the defendant, Daniel Mandich, did unlawfully and feloniously steal, take and carry away, thirty-one pounds of gold and silver cyanide product, of the value of twelve hundred dollars, of the property of the April Fool Gold Mining and Milling Company, a corporation. The defendant was found guilty, and a judgment of imprisonment for the term of two years in the state prison was entered against him.
This appeal is taken from the judgment and order of…
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