People v. Dolphus

On July 21, 1964, defendant-appellant Eddie Dolphus, upon waiver of a jury trial, was tried in Detroit recorder’s court and found guilty of larceny in a building. CL 1948, § 750.360 (Stat Ann 1954 Rev § 28.592). This cause arose when the complainant, Henry Brown, came upon the defendant coming out of the entrance to complainant’s apartment dwelling with complainant’s portable television in hand.

Brown at the trial testified that Eddie Dolphus told him that some unknown young fellow had taken the television from the complainant’s apartment, who when met by the defendant dropped the television.…