People v. Gould

Appellant was convicted of larceny by trick and device. His guilt was established by the overwhelming weight of the evidence.

*279Appellant’s only substantial point on appeal is that the trial court committed reversible error during the cross-examination of defendant’s witness Austin. The effect of the cross-examination was to elicit testimony from Austin that in 1931, some four or five years before the crimes charged in this indictment, Austin, while an Assistant Attorney-General, had received complaints against the defendant from two women who claimed to have been defrauded.

The circumstances…