State v. Gemma

This is an indictment for larceny, charging that the defendant did feloniously steal, take and carry away from the possession of certain “trustees of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company, Debtor, a corporation, two hundred fifty tons of steel rails, located on the property of” the trustees at Burrillville, in the county of Providence, and all of the value of $3800.

The defendant pleaded not guilty, was tried in the superior court on the indictment, and a jury rendered a verdict of guilty. Subsequently the defendant’s motion-for a new trial, based on the usual grounds, was denied…