People v. . Laurence
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the supreme court, general term, fifth department, reversing judgment of the court of sessions of Niagara county, convicting defendant of the crime of grand larceny.
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Appeal from judgment of the supreme court, general term, fifth department, reversing judgment of the court of sessions of Niagara county, convicting defendant of the crime of grand larceny. The defendant was brought to trial upon the following indictment: “The grand jury of the county of Niagara, by this indictment, accuses Charles H. Laurence of the 'crime of grand larceny in the first degree, committed as follows: “That said Charles H. Laurence, on or about the 10th day >of August, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, at the city of Lockport, within the county…
1Opinion of the CourtEarl, J.
In the early history of English’ jurisprudence ai prisoner came to Ms trial under great disadvantages. He was not permitted to have counsel, or witnesses, or a copy of the indictment, and hence very technical rules were evolved for the construction of indictments and the conduct of the trial, and thus a prisoner was now and then enabled to make a successful defense. But for many years more humane views of the condition and rights of persons charged with crime have come to prevail, and now a person indicted proceeds to his trial under greater advantages than he would possess if he were…
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