Legal Opinion

People v. . Richards

New York Court of Appeals

Decided January 17, 1888PublishedCited by 48 opinions

Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered upon an order made April 30, 1887, which affirmed a judgment of the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Broome county, entered upon a verdict, convicting the defendant of the crime of burglary in the third degree. (Reported below, 44 Hun, 278.) The material facts are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtPeckham, J.

The defendant was charged in the indictment, with having committed the crime of burglary in the third degree in that on the 23d day of October, 1884, with force and arms in the night time, at the city of Binghamton, he broke and entered the granite and stone building, erection and inclosure, known as the Phelps vault, the same being a building, erection and inclosure for the interment of the dead, and being the property of, etc. Upon the trial the People proved that this, vault was made of granite at a cost of $5,000. It was built, entirely above ground on a stone foundation, and the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Hermance v. Board of SupervisorsNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
  2. People v. New York & Manhattan Beach Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1881
  3. Rodgers v. . People of the State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1881

3Cited by48 opinions

  1. Kitching v. . BrownNew York Court of Appeals · 1905
  2. People v. BellNew York Court of Appeals · 1953
  3. People v. EuloNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
  4. Burks v. . BossoNew York Court of Appeals · 1905
  5. State v. SchuchmannSupreme Court of Missouri · 1896

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