State v. Bogris
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from the District Court of the First Judicial District for the County of Shoshone. Hon. W. W. Woods, Judge. Conyiction for the crime of grand larceny. Defendant appeals. Proof of handwriting by comparison with other handwriting not relevant to any issue, aside from similarity with that in question, is not permissible under the laws of Idaho. (Wharton’s Criminal Evidence, sec. 555; Castor v. Bernstein, 2 Cal.
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APPEAL from the District Court of the First Judicial District for the County of Shoshone. Hon. W. W. Woods, Judge. Conyiction for the crime of grand larceny. Defendant appeals. Proof of handwriting by comparison with other handwriting not relevant to any issue, aside from similarity with that in question, is not permissible under the laws of Idaho. (Wharton’s Criminal Evidence, sec. 555; Castor v. Bernstein, 2 Cal. App. 703, 84 Pac. 244; Moore v. United States, 91 U. S. 270, 23 L. ed. 346; Bane v. Gwinn, 7 Ida. 439, 63 Pac. 634.) A witness cannot be impeached on collateral matters, or upon…
1Opinion of the CourtBudge, J.
The defendant and appellant herein was, on the 2d day of May, 1914, convicted of the crime of grand larceny in the district court of the first judicial district in and for Shoshone county, and on the 5th day of May, 1914, was sentenced to serve an indeterminate term of imprisonment in the state penitentiary for not less than one nor more than fourteen years. This appeal is from the judgment and from the order overruling defendant’s motion for a new trial.
The facts in this case, briefly stated, are about as follows: John Bogris, the defendant below and appellant here, together with his brother…
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