State v. Levine
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Information for larceny of a bank check, brought to the Superior Court in New London County and tried to the jury before Shumway, J.; verdict and judgment of guilty,and appeal by the accused.
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, C. J.
It was undisputed on the trial of this case that the check in question, which was drawn on a New York bank and bore the endorsement of the name of the payee, one Skawinski, was received by the defendant at a store which he kept in Colchester, from one Rosen. The State- offered evidence tending to prove that the check had. been lost in the course of its transmission by mail to Skawinski; that it had come into the possession of a Mrs. Train, who had put it in Rosen’s hands with a request that he find the owner; that Rosen handed it to the defendant, asking if he knew the owner, whereupon the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- People v. CallCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1845
- Williams v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1905
- State v. AndersonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1878
- Ransom v. StateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1852
- State v. FaircloughSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1860
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