Livingston v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
George Lfivingston was indicted in May 1851, in the Circuit court of Petersburg, for larceny in stealing three gold chains and a ring, of the goods of John B. Stevens and Thomas R. Hopkins, jewellers, in the city of Petersburg, trading under the firm of Stevens & Hopkins.
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George Lfivingston was indicted in May 1851, in the Circuit court of Petersburg, for larceny in stealing three gold chains and a ring, of the goods of John B. Stevens and Thomas R. Hopkins, jewellers, in the city of Petersburg, trading under the firm of Stevens & Hopkins. After the evidence had been introduced, the counsel for the prisoner in his argument before the jury, insisted that the gold chains and the ring charged in the indictment to be the property of John B. Stevens and Thomas R. Hopkins, jewellers, in the city of Petersburg, trading under the firm and style of Stevens & Hopkins,…
1Opinion of the CourtFifbd, J.
The prisoner was indicted in the Circuit court of Petersburg for larceny. He was convicted and sentenced to be confined in the penitentiary for eighteen months.' The larceny consisted in stealing certain jewelry from John B. Stevens and Thomas R. Hopkins, jewellers, in the city of Petersburg, trading under the firm of Stevens & Hopkins. After the testimony had been given in upon the trial, and the arguments of counsel heard, the jury retired to consider of their verdict, and not being able to agree upon a verdict on the first day, they were brought into Court and adjourned over in the usual…
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