People v. Melnick

On the night of November 23, 1912, a quantity of furs was stolen from the store of one Kinzelberg. Israel Tecotzlcy, Barney Melnick and Morris Cohen were indicted jointly for the larceny and for receiving the stolen goods. Melnick and Cohen were tried together, were convicted of receiving stolen property, and have sued out a writ of error to review the record.

The only evidence against Melnick is contained in the testimony of Barry, a police officer, which was as follows, so far as it concerned Melnick: On March 8, 1913, Barry went to Melnick’s store and told Melnick that he was going to lock…