Copperman v. . People of the State of N.Y.

The plaintiff in error was convicted of receiving property, knowing it to have been stolen. He was a pawnbroker, and seems to have been a man of fair standing and reputation. We are restricted to a consideration of the legal questions presented.

The alleged offence, for which the prisoner was indicted, was committed on the 30th June, 1871, and consisted of receiving two parcels of sewing silk, of about one pound each, of one Robinson, who had stolen the same from the store of Gardner Co. Robinson was the principal witness for the people. He was, and had been for a considerable period, a clerk…