People v. Silver

Appellant was convicted in the Court of General Sessions of the crime of grand larceny, first degree, arising from his participation — with an unapprehended confederate — in the theft of $1,800 worth of furs, taken from a showroom of a furrier on the eighth floor of a building on West 30th Street about 12:00 noon on a weekday. He was sentenced to the New York City Penitentiary for a period of one year.

Although the record establishes appellant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt and no prejudicial error was committed requiring a new trial, a consideration of the entire case, as well as the…