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People v. Thomas

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided May 15, 1903PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal by the defendant, George W. Thomas, from a judgment of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace in and for the city and county of New York, in favor of the plaintiff, entered on the 31st day of January, 1900, convicting the defendant of tlie crime of grand larceny in the first degree.

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Appeal by the defendant, George W. Thomas, from a judgment of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace in and for the city and county of New York, in favor of the plaintiff, entered on the 31st day of January, 1900, convicting the defendant of tlie crime of grand larceny in the first degree. The count of the indictment upon which the defendant was convicted charged him with having feloniously appropriated to his own use on April 20, 1899, while bailee and trustee of Victor Von Zeibel, moneys in his possession belonging to the said Von Zeibel amounting to $685.32. At the trial Von Zeibel…

1Opinion of the Court

O’Brien, J. :

The defendant was indicted and convicted under section 528 of the Penal Code, which provides : “ A person who, with.the intent to deprive or defraud the true owner of his property, or of the use and benefit thereof, or to appropriate the same to the use of the taker, or of any other person, * * * having in his possession, custody or control, as a bailee, servant, attorney, agent, clerk, trustee or officer of any person, association or corporation, or as a public officer, or as a person authorized by agreement or by competent authority to hold or take such possession, custody or…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. People v. PaineNew York Supreme Court · 1901

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. State v. MonahanNevada Supreme Court · 1926
  2. People v. MeadowsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1910
  3. People v. ArnsteinNew York Court of General Session of the Peace · 1912
  4. People ex rel. Mansfield v. FlynnNew York Supreme Court · 1909
  5. Wilson v. MorleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1932

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