People v. . Weldon
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered upon an order made April 17, 1888, which affirmed a judgment of the Court of Sessions of Jefferson county, entered upon a verdict convicting, the defendant of the crime of receiving stolen goods, knowing them to have been stolen.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered upon an order made April 17, 1888, which affirmed a judgment of the Court of Sessions of Jefferson county, entered upon a verdict convicting, the defendant of the crime of receiving stolen goods, knowing them to have been stolen. The indictment charged as follows: “ The grand jury of the county of Jefferson, by this indictment, accuse Andrew Weldon of the crime of criminally receiving stolen property knowing the same to have been stolen, committed as follows: “The said Andrew Weldon, on…
1Opinion of the Court
Ruger, Ch. J.
The defendant was indicted and tried in the Court of Sessions of Jefferson county, for the crime of receiving a silver watch, knowing it to have been stolen, and was convicted of the offense. The General Term affirmed the conviction and the defendant appeals therefrom to this court.
Direct evidence was given upon the trial to establish all of the essential elements of the crime charged, and the- verdict of the jury must, therefore, be taken as conclusively ■establishing the guilt of the defendant, unless some exception taken on the trial was well taken by him.
He contends, among…
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