State v. Le Blanch
Supreme Court of New Jersey
This was a case reserved by the Court of Oyer and Terminer of the county of Middlesex. The facts were these: The' defendant stole a horse, wagon, and harness, in the county of Philadelphia, state of Pennsylvania, and brought them into-the county of Middlesex, in this state. Having been indicted and found guilty in the latter county, the sentence was suspended to obtain the opinion of this court as to the legality of such conviction.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
The Chief Justice.
This case presents for consideration the question, whether the possession, by the thief, in this state, of property stolen by him in a foreign jurisdiction,, constitutes the crime of larceny ?
According to a very ancient rule of the common law, if a man stole goods in one county and carried them into another, he might be indicted and tried in either. In such cases, it is obvious, no important rights are involved.
Whether the crime shall be regarded in a legal point of view as having been committed in the county of A, or in the' county…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- State v. EllisSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1819
- Simmons v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1813
- State v. BartlettSupreme Court of Vermont · 1839
- People v. SchenckNew York Supreme Court · 1807
3Cited by6 opinions
- Walker v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1962
- Peaper v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1972
- State v. O'SheaNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1953
- In Re FennNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1953
- MARTINEZ GUZMAN (WILBER) VS. DIST. CT. (STATE)Nevada Supreme Court · 2021
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