People v. Feldstein

Defendant, charged with larceny as bailee, was found guilty by a jury and sentenced to imprisonment for one year in the house of correction and fined $1; he seeks a reversal.

The case involves transactions between Stein & Ellbogen Company, dealers in jewelry and diamonds, and the defendant, in which certain diamonds were delivered to him, which the State alleges were delivered to him as bailee and which he feloniously stole. The statute says: “If any bailee of any . . . property shall convert the same to his own use, with intent to steal the same, ... he shall be deemed guilty of larceny.” Ch.…