People v. Tucker
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Joaquin County, and from an order denying a new trial. The facts are stated in the opinion. The court erred in admitting evidence that on a prior date the defendant had stolen some money from the prosecuting witness. (People y. Hartman, 62 Cal. 562; People • y. Lane, 100 Cal. 379; Farris v. People, 129 Ill. 521; 16 Am. St. Rep. 283; Sutton v. Johnson, 62 Ill. 209; Shaff-ner v. Commonwealth, 72 Pa. St. 60; 13 Am.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Joaquin County, and from an order denying a new trial. The facts are stated in the opinion. The court erred in admitting evidence that on a prior date the defendant had stolen some money from the prosecuting witness. (People y. Hartman, 62 Cal. 562; People • y. Lane, 100 Cal. 379; Farris v. People, 129 Ill. 521; 16 Am. St. Rep. 283; Sutton v. Johnson, 62 Ill. 209; Shaff-ner v. Commonwealth, 72 Pa. St. 60; 13 Am. Rep. 649; State y. Lapage, 57 N. H. 245; 24 Am. Rep. 69; People y. Sharp, 107 N. Y. 456; 1 Am. St. Rep. 851; Coleman y. People, 55…
1Opinion of the Court
Temple, C.
The defendant was convicted of grand, larceny, and appeals from the judgment and from an order refusing a new trial.
The defendant was informed against for the crime of grand larceny in stealing thirty-five dollars from the person of William L'aughlin, on the eighteenth day of January, 1894.
At the trial Laughlin testified that he and defendant occupied the same room on Wednesday night, January 16, 1894; that witness had in a purse when he went to bed forty-five dollars in gold, and loose in his pocket *442two dollars in silver. When he went to bed he put his purse and watch under his…
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