Effler v. State
Supreme Court of Delaware
Writ of Error (No. 2, June Term, 1911) to the Court of General Sessions in and for New Castle County, (No. 32, January Term, 1910, below). Prosecution upon an indictment charging Samuel Effler, alias Charles Heffler, with conspiring, with others, to steal $3,600 from Louis Reches. Verdict of guilty (2 Boyce 92, 78 Atl. 441), and defendant brings error. Reversed. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Rice, J.,
delivering the opinion of the court:
Samuel Effler, alias Charles Heffler, the plaintiff in error, upon his trial, was found guilty on an indictment charging him with conspiring, with other persons unknown, to steal thirty-six hundred dollars from Louis Reches.
The assignments of error are ten in number and cover alleged errors on two points, viz.: (1) That the court erred in admitting the testimony of a witness, Benjamin Silberman, concerning a similar transaction; (2) that the court erred in not directing the jury to find a verdict of “not guilty’’, on the ground that the misdemeanor…
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