People v. Sylvester
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, John Sylvester, from a judgment of the County Court of the county of Montgomery, rendered on the 25th day of June, 1920, convicting him of the crime of grand larceny in the second degree.,
1Opinion of the Court
Kiley, J.:
A resident of the city of Amsterdam, N. Y., owned a Buick automobile; he had a license from the State to operate the same. On the night of June 6, 1919, he attended a theatre in that city; he parked his car on a side street adjacent to the theatre and when he came out about ten o’clock p. m., his car was gone. In the city was an all-night restaurant, known as the Electric Lunch, with a manager, who also acted as waiter, in charge. In the fall of 1919 early in December, about twelve or one o’clock, midnight, a man, whom this attendant recognized as this defendant, with two other men,…
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