Farrell v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Farrell was indicted, tried and convicted of larceny, before R. S. Wilson, at June term, 1855, of the Recorder’s Court for the city of Chicago. The evidence showed that one Hennis, about midnight, gave Farrell, who was a hack driver, a five dollar bill to be changed, in order that Hennis might pay Farrell twenty-five cents, which was his charge for carrying Hennis in his hack from the railroad depot to an hotel. Farrell did not return with the bill or the change for it.
1Opinion of the CourtScates, C. J.
The rule laid down in Denman v. Bloomer, 11 Ill. R. 177, that each instruction must be correct in itself, without reference to others, is the correct one. Tested by this rule, we think, there was no error; each one refused was incorrect, and the modifications were proper. The additional instruction given by the court was proper.
The value of the bill was returned by the jury, as ruled in Highland v. The People, 1 Scam. R. 392.
The defense seemed, from the instructions asked, to be jilaccd upon the ground, that twenty-five cents of the bill belonged to plaintiff, and therefore the indictment…
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