People v. Smith
Superior Court of Buffalo
The prisoner was convicted, at the October criminal term, 1858, of grand larceny. He moved for a new trial, on a bill of exceptions, at the May general term, 1859.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Clinton, J.
The bill of exceptions shows that the prisoner stole cattle in Wyoming county, drove them across the line into Brie county, and thence through divers towns of Erie county into this city, its capital. The criminal jurisdiction of this court is limited, thus: “1. To inquire by grand jury of all crimes and public offences committed in the city of Buffalo. 2. To try and determine all indictments found therein or sent thereto by another court, for any crime or offence committed in the city of Buffalo.” The counsel for the prisoner ingeniously contends that the crime was not…
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