Legal Opinion

People v. Shears

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided October 10, 1913PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Appeal by the defendant, Broc R. Shears, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, rendered against him on the 20th day of January, 1913, convicting him of the crime of grand larceny in the first degree after a trial at the Kings County Trial Term.

1Opinion of the Court

Carr, J.:

The defendant has been convicted in the Supreme Court in Kings county of the crime of grand larceny in the first degree. From the judgment of conviction he has appealed to this court.

The question now involved is wholly one of law. For a cor-' rect understanding of the contention of the appellant a brief consideration of the facts proved at the trial is necessary. The defendant and two others, Thomas F. Martin and Hermann H. Lucke, were appointed by the Supreme Court in Nassau county *578as trustees for the benefit of the creditors and stockholders of the Hollis Park Company, a…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Parr v. LoderAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Lawyers Title Ins. Co. v. Lawyers Title Ins. CorporationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1939
  2. People v. KaminskyNew York Supreme Court · 1985
  3. State v. HannaOregon Supreme Court · 1960
  4. People v. KayeNew York Court of Appeals · 1945
  5. People v. KlingerNew York Court of General Session of the Peace · 1938

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