People v. Cory

McLaughlin, J.:

The case was moved for trial. A jury was impaneled and sworn. The district attorney made his opening address to the jury as follows: “ May it please the Court, Mr. Foreman and Gentlemen of the Jury. I am going to be very brief in my opening to you because I am going to let the witnesses tell their story in their own way; but in order to give you some idea of the facts as they will present themselves as the case goes on I will make a brief opening to you. The defendant in this case, Albert B. Cory, was a credit manager in the employ of Austin, Nichols & Company. He was in their…