Legal Opinion · Dissent
People v. Sumner
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 15, 1898Published
Appeal from a judgment convicting the defendant of the crime of grand larceny in the first degree, and also from an order denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Dissent
McLAUGHLIN, J. (dissenting.)
The defendant was convicted of the crime of grand larceny in the first degree. The indictment, except the formal parts of it, upon which the conviction was obtained, reads as follows :
“ That said Perrin H. Sumner, late of the city and county of New York aforesaid, on the 16th day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, at the city and county aforesaid, with force and arms, the sum of one thousand dollars in money, lawful money of the United States of America, and the value of one thousand dollars of the goods, bhattels, and…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- People v. . DumarNew York Court of Appeals · 1887
- People v. . LaurenceNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
- People v. HughesNew York Supreme Court · 1895
- People v. SmithAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896