Legal Opinion

People v. Civille

New York Supreme Court

Decided May 15, 1887Published

Appeal from a judgment of the Court of General Sessions of the county of New York, convicting the- defendant of the crime of larceny in the second degree,

1Opinion of the Court

Daniels, J :

The defendant was charged in the indictment with having feloniously appropriated the sum of seventy-five dollars, in his possession, custody and control as the agent, clerk or servant of the prosecuting witness. It was made to appear by tne evidence that he had been employed by her in collecting the rent of fourteen different houses, situated in the city of New York, for which he was to receive a commission, on the corner house, of two and a half per cent, for the flats three per cent and for the other dwellings five per cent on the amount of rent collected. For the rent of the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Morris v. . TalcottNew York Court of Appeals · 1884
  2. State v. KentSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1875
  3. Commonwealth v. FosterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
  4. Vilmar v. . SchallNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
  5. The People v. . CrugerNew York Court of Appeals · 1886

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