People v. Appleton

Defendant's main contention is that the evidence did not warrant a conviction of grand larceny—the amount taken being less than fifty dollars—because, as contended, it did not show that the money was taken from the person of Nolan.

At the time the larceny is supposed to have been committed Nolan was in a drunken sleep on a doorstep. Between 2 and S o’clock in the morning defendant and a companion were discovered standing on the sidewalk, very near the sleeping man, in a suspicious manner; they were watched, and seen to move away a short distance and then stop for a few moments by a fence,…