Legal Opinion
People v. Burgess
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 23, 1927PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLehman, J.
The defendant has been convicted of the crime of grand larceny. The indictment sets forth that he obtained $1,000 from one C. Walter Schneeburger by false representations made in connection with the sale to him of capital stock of the Chemical Oil and Gas Company.
At the time of the sale of the stock the defendant was a director, vice-president and general sales manager of the corporation. He sold a large amount of its stock, to various persons and derived considerable profit from such sales. Doubtless he expressed himself in enthusiastic manner about the prospects of the corporation. The…
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- State v. AlpertSupreme Court of Vermont · 1914
- Ritter v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1902
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