People v. Dietz

The crime of which the defendant has been convicted consisted of breaking into a New York Central freight car at Canandaigua on December 15, 1924, and taking from the car a barrel of whisky. Reversal is urged by the defendant on the grounds that guilt is not established and that in any event there is no evidence other than that of accomplices tending to connect the defendant with the commission of the crime, and that the court erred in receiving certain evidence. A careful perusal of the entire case leads to the conclusion that there was sufficient proof to warrant the jury in finding as they…