Ryan v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal by the accused from a judgment of the' Supreme Court of the District of Columbia in which he was found guilty by the verdict of a jury in a trial for grand, larceny. The Court in the opinion stated the case as follows: This is an appeal from a judgment and sentence under am indictment for grand larceny.
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Hearing on an appeal by the accused from a judgment of the' Supreme Court of the District of Columbia in which he was found guilty by the verdict of a jury in a trial for grand, larceny. The Court in the opinion stated the case as follows: This is an appeal from a judgment and sentence under am indictment for grand larceny. The indictment charged the felonious taking and conversion of a trunk and certain wearing-apparel and jewelry of the value of about $1,000, the property of one Lillian B. Anthony, on December 24, 1904. The evidence on behalf of the government tended to show the-following…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Shepard
The several assignments of error raising the question of the effect of the appellant’s probable intoxication at the time of the unlawful taking may be considered together.
That voluntary intoxication neither excuses nor palliates crime is a settled principle in this jurisdiction. Harris v. United States, 8 App. D. C. 20, 26, 36 L. R. A. 465; Lanckton v. United States, 18 App. D. C. 348, 370. In each of those cases the indictment was for murder. In such cases specific intent is not always necessary as in some other offenses; it is usually inferred from the act itself. But, where murder has, by…
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