People v. Williams

The respondent was convicted of the charge of larceny. He brings the case to this court on exceptions before judgment. It is claimed the larceny was from the person of Mr. Dillon; that he had on his person $75 in bills in the inside vest pocket. Towards evening he was in Boyd’s saloon and claims he met one Clare Buck, who invited him to take a drink, which he declined; that he then went into a room off the barroom, called in the record a “wineroom;” that Buck came in and swung his arms around his neck and abstracted the roll of bills from his pocket; that he grappled with him and called,…