Phelps v. . People
New York Court of Appeals
Ebbob to the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the third, judicial department, to review two judgments, affirming judgments of the Court of Oyer and Terminer in and for the county of Albany, each convicting the plaintiff in error of the crime of grand larceny. (Eeported below, 6 Hun, 401.) Both indictments were for stealing drafts, the one for $7,500, the other for $400. The indictment upon the first draft contained forty-eight counts.
Read the full summary
Ebbob to the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the third, judicial department, to review two judgments, affirming judgments of the Court of Oyer and Terminer in and for the county of Albany, each convicting the plaintiff in error of the crime of grand larceny. (Eeported below, 6 Hun, 401.) Both indictments were for stealing drafts, the one for $7,500, the other for $400. The indictment upon the first draft contained forty-eight counts. The following is a copy of the first count: “ City and County op Albany, ss. : “ The jurors for the people of the State of New York, in and for the body of…
1Opinion of the CourtFolger, J.
The prisoner was indicted for grand larceny, and was convicted thereof and sentenced to the Albany Penitentiary. The article which it was alleged that he stole was an instrument in writing known as a draft, on a bank in New York city, from a savings bank in Lockport, N. Y. It was for $7,500, made payable to the order of S. Curtis Lewis as county treasurer of Niagara county, indorsed by him,' payable to Nelson K. Hopkins, Comptroller, or order. It was further indorsed by Henry Gallien, as Second Deputy Comptroller, payable to the order of the State Treasurer. It was sent by that county…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- People v. CallCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1845
- The People v. . BennettNew York Court of Appeals · 1867
- The People v. . McDonaldNew York Court of Appeals · 1870
- People v. Loomis & RamsdellNew York Supreme Court · 1847
- Adams v. Pittsburg InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1874
1 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by67 opinions
- Foulke v. New York Consolidated RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1920
- People v. FarsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1927
- The People v. . Bank of North AmericaNew York Court of Appeals · 1879
- People v. . WeldonNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
- Martin v. BriggsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
62 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.