People v. Langley
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, James H. Langley, from a judgment of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace in and for the county of New York, rendered oil the 13th day of February, 1906, convicting the defendant of the crime of grand larceny in the second degree, and also from an order made at the close of the trial denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial and in arrest of judgment.
1Opinion of the Court
McLaughlin, J,:
The defendant was convicted of the crime of grand larceny in the second degree in obtaining $400 in cash and a note for $100 from the complaining witness Ranke, by means of false pretenses, and sentenced to serve a term of three years in State’s prison.
At the trial the testimony on the part of the People (the defendant offered no evidence) tended to establish the following facts: That as the result of an advertisement of defendant’s appearing in a newspaper published in the city of Hew York the defendant and Ranke entered into a communication, met on several occasions at the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- People v. BodineCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1845
- People v. . PekarzNew York Court of Appeals · 1906
- Ackley v. PeopleNew York Supreme Court · 1850
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