State v. Persons

This respondent was convicted of petit larceny after a trial by jury in Caledonia municipal court. The case was brought here on the respondent’s exceptions and is reported in 117 Vt 306, 91 A2d 701. We held that determination of the value of the stolen property was a question for the jury under proper instructions and that it was error for the court below to hold as a matter of law that the value was less than $50.00. The entry order was “Judgment reversed. Conviction and sentence set aside, and cause remanded.” On December 10, 1952, the state’s attorney moved to enter a nolle prosequi in…