People v. Posnansky

The defendants are charged by indictment with the crime of grand larceny in the first degree, alleged to have been committed on the 12th day of April, 1914, in that they did jointly steal from one Helena Weiss the sum of $800 in cash and jewels of the value of $3,690. On the back of the indictment appear the names of the witnesses whose testimony was heard before the grand jury. They are Helena Weiss, the complainant, Samuel Posnansky, an eight year old boy and a brother of one of the defendants, and Henry Kennedy, a detective attached to the municipal police force of the city of New York.

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