People v. Jones
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, John W. Jones, from a judgment of the County Court of Cortland county, rendered on.the 29th day of September, 1910, affirming a judgment of a Court of Special Sessions of the town of Oortlandville in said county, convicting the defendant of the prime, of petit larceny.
1Opinion of the Court
Houghton, J.:
The defendant was tlie owner of a dairy farm which, together with a herd of cows, was leased to the complainant on shares. Soon after the complainant moved upon the defendant’s farm Ire bid off a cow at a public auction. The vendors refused to deliver the cow to him unless the defendant would sign a note for the purchase price, which was fifty dollars and fifty cents. This the defendant agreed to do upon the understanding that the cow should be his if he was compelled to pay the note. When the note became due the complainant did not pay it and tlie same was paid by this…
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