People v. Neff
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, John W. Neff, from a judgment o.f the Supreme Court, rendered on the 6tli day of August, 1906, upon the verdict of a jury after a trial at -the Wyoming -Trial Term, convicting the defendant of the crime of grand larceny in the first' degree.
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Appeal by the defendant, John W. Neff, from a judgment o.f the Supreme Court, rendered on the 6tli day of August, 1906, upon the verdict of a jury after a trial at -the Wyoming -Trial Term, convicting the defendant of the crime of grand larceny in the first' degree. The defendant, John W. Neff, was indicted jointly with Rowland J. Conover for the .crime of grand larceny in the first degree, alleged to have been committed on the 1st day of October, 1901, charging them with stealing $7,500'in money, belonging to the county of Erie. The defendants were tried separately. . Conover was tried and…
1Opinion of the Court
Kruse, J,:
The moneys which the defendant was convicted of stealing were obtained from the county treasurer, the legal custodian thereof, by means of a warrant signed by the clerk of the board of supervisors, and countersigned by the chairman of the board and the defendant Neff, the county auditor, payable to the order of the defendant Oonover. The warrant was in due form, and signed and countersigned by the proper officers.
It is contended on the part , of the prosecution that Oonover had no right' to the moneys so obtained on the warrant, which fact was well known to both Neff and Conover;…
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