Legal Opinion

People v. White

New York Court of Appeals

Decided January 10, 1957PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtFroessel, J.

Defendant was charged in a 17-count indictment with grand larceny in the first degree, in that during 1947 and 1948 he obtained money from five different persons at different times by falsely representing to them that he was a member of a syndicate then engaged in the purchase and sale of Canadian newsprint, and that their money would be invested by him as part of his “ quota ” in the total capital of the syndicate. At the trial he admitted there was no such newsprint syndicate, but denied he ever represented to anyone that there was. He claimed that all the moneys referred to in the…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Beavers v. HaubertSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
  2. People v. ProsserNew York Court of Appeals · 1955
  3. Randolph v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1954
  4. People v. HallAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
  5. United States v. ProvooSupreme Court of the United States · 1955

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. People v. RodriguezNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
  2. State v. AllnuttSupreme Court of Iowa · 1968
  3. United States v. Research Foundation, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1957
  4. Kirby v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1960
  5. People v. De VyverAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982

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