People v. Weisenberger
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, William Weisenberger, from a judgment of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace in and for the city and county of New York in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the said court on the 11th day of April, 1901, upon the verdict of a jury, convicting him of the crime of receiving stolen goods, knowing the same to have been stolen, under section 550 of the Penal Code, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on…
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Appeal by the defendant, William Weisenberger, from a judgment of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace in and for the city and county of New York in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the said court on the 11th day of April, 1901, upon the verdict of a jury, convicting him of the crime of receiving stolen goods, knowing the same to have been stolen, under section 550 of the Penal Code, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 11th day of April, 1901, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
The defendant was indicted under section 550 of the Penal Code for having received stolen property on the 14th day of March, 1900, knowing the same to have been stolen. The property described in the indictment was two pairs of trousers, two coats, one feather boa and one finger ring. It was shown by competent evidence that the property was owned by one Alfred O’Connor whose house one Harry Hess burglarized about three o’clock in the afternoon on the 14th day of March, 1900, taking the property in question which was found in the possession of the defendant, a licensed pawnbroker,…
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