People v. Huff

The respondent in this case was charged jointly with her daughter, Feronia Huff, with the larceny of a clock of the value of $1, in a store in the daytime. The evidence on the part of the people tended to show that the parties were detected, while in the act of the larceny, by a detective. The respondent was immediately arrested, and the clock, claimed to have been stolen, together with some other articles, was found in her possession. The respondent denied her guilt, but upon a separate trial was convicted, and the case is before us upon exceptions before sentence.

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