State v. Stevens
Montana Supreme Court
Appeals from District Court, Lewis and Clarh County; B. Lee Word, Judge. Charles Stevens was convicted of grand larceny, and appeals from the judgment and an order refusing a new trial. The testimony of the witness Patrick Keys was improperly admitted. It could not have and did not have the remotest relation to or bearing upon the question of whether the defendant was guilty as charged in the information.
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Appeals from District Court, Lewis and Clarh County; B. Lee Word, Judge. Charles Stevens was convicted of grand larceny, and appeals from the judgment and an order refusing a new trial. The testimony of the witness Patrick Keys was improperly admitted. It could not have and did not have the remotest relation to or bearing upon the question of whether the defendant was guilty as charged in the information. On the other hand, it was calculated to, and undoubtedly did, prejudice the defendant in the minds of those members of the jury, if any, who were not socialists, or who might have lots of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Reynolds
Defendant was charged with grand larceny, tried and convicted, and judgment followed. Motion for new trial was made and overruled. Defendant has appealed from the judgment and order overruling the motion. Motion was made in this court to dismiss the appeals because of delay of appellant in serving and filing transcript and brief.
Defendant was employed by the Union Bank & Trust Company of Helena, and was under the immediate supervision of R. O. Kaufman, one of its officers. The bank arranged for a shipment of $40,000 in currency from Butte, which reached Helena on the fifth of November, 1919.…
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