Legal Opinion

People v. Herman

New York Supreme Court

Decided May 15, 1887Published

Appeal by defendant, Francis Herman, from a judgment rendered against him in the Court of General Sessions of the Peace of the City and County of Hew York, upon the verdict of a jury convicting him of the crime of grand larceny in the second degree, as charged in the indictment. The appellant was indicted, in the Court of General Sessions, for the larceny of certain goods, the property of “a certain corporation called the Bay State Shoe and Leather' Company.”

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Appeal by defendant, Francis Herman, from a judgment rendered against him in the Court of General Sessions of the Peace of the City and County of Hew York, upon the verdict of a jury convicting him of the crime of grand larceny in the second degree, as charged in the indictment. The appellant was indicted, in the Court of General Sessions, for the larceny of certain goods, the property of “a certain corporation called the Bay State Shoe and Leather' Company.” At the trial, the material allegations of the indictment were sufficiently proven, including the averment of ownership, excepting that…

1Opinion of the CourtDaniels, J.

The indictment charged the defendant with having feloniously stolen, taken, and carried away a case of shoes of the value of $35, and seventeen pairs of shoes of the value of $3 each pair, of the goods, chattels, and personal property of a certain corporation, called the Bay State Shoe & Leather Company. On the trial the people failed to produce proof of the incorporation of the *199Bay State Shoe & Leather Company, but it appeared by the evidence that Charles W. Bucklin was its superintendent, having the lawful possession, care, and custody of the property mentioned in the indictment. ' Before…

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  4. Blumenberg v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1878
  5. Miller v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1876

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