People v. . Scharf
New York Court of Appeals
People v. Scharf, 168 App. Div. 494, reversed. Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered July 30, 1915, which reversed a judgment of the Kings County Court rendered upon a verdict convicting the defendant of the crime of grand larceny in the first degree. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Collin, J.:
The Appellate Division reversed the judgment upon two exceptions of the defendant to refusals of the trial judge to charge as defendant requested.
The cardinal facts are: The defendant on April 2, 1914, went to the place of business of one Spievack, a dealer in jewelry, and told him that he wished to buy a pair of diamond earrings. He asked Spievack to deliver the earrings to him for the purpose of appraisal or testing, Spievack declined. The defendant thereupon did acts and made statements intended and adapted to demonstrate that he was worthy of credit and then asked Spievack to…
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