Geiger v. State
Nebraska Supreme Court
The plaintiff in error, upon an indictment for grand larceny, found against him in Buffalo county, was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for the term of four years. Upon the trial before G-aslin, J., and a jury, the contents of a letter, purporting to have been written by the prisoner to his wife, was offered in, evidence.
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The plaintiff in error, upon an indictment for grand larceny, found against him in Buffalo county, was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for the term of four years. Upon the trial before G-aslin, J., and a jury, the contents of a letter, purporting to have been written by the prisoner to his wife, was offered in, evidence. The letter was not produced, but the witness, Achey, testified that he had had it in his possession; that he got it at Geiger’s house: that it commenced — “ Dear Wife,” and continued — “ I have looked out a place for some more tar paper to-day,…
1Opinion of the CourtMaxwell, J.
In the year 1876, the plaintiff in error was .indicted by the grand jury of Buffalo county for the larceny of four hundred feet of pine flooring, of the value of $14.00; five hundred feet of pine siding, of the value of $11.50; one box of window glass, of the value of $5.00; one bedstead, of the value of $3.50; one barrel of lime, of the value of $2.50; and one lot of window stops and mouldings, of the value of $1.00; all- of said goods being the property of Luman R. More and William C. Sunder-land.
On the trial of the case the plaintiff in error was found guilty, and the property stolen was…
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