Miller v. People
New York Supreme Court
Writ of error to the Court of General Sessions of the County of New York. The plaintiff in error was jointly indicted with one Louisa Jeke for the larceny of a quantity of money from one Isabella Hollis, on January 28, 1880. She was tried in the Court of General Sessions on February 18, and convicted of grand larceny.
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Writ of error to the Court of General Sessions of the County of New York. The plaintiff in error was jointly indicted with one Louisa Jeke for the larceny of a quantity of money from one Isabella Hollis, on January 28, 1880. She was tried in the Court of General Sessions on February 18, and convicted of grand larceny. The testimony on the part of the prosecution tended to show that the complainant (Mrs. Hollis) was in a store in the afternoon of January 28; that she had with her a small leather sachel containing $62 in silver money (trade dollars); that the prisoner Miller came in after the…
1Opinion of the Court
Daniels, J.:
The prisoner was convicted of the crime of grand larceny, for stealing $62, known as trade dollars, under an indictment which among other things charged her with stealing “ sixty silver coins, (of the kind usually known as dollars) of the value of one dollar each.” In support of the writ it is objected, as it also was at the close of the evidence upon the trial, that this was an insufficient description of the property stolen. But it is evident from the proceedings which were had in the case, and the facts as they are notoriously and generally known, that coin of the description…
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