People v. Henshaw

The respondent was charged with larceny from the person of Milton H. Butler, September 1, 1881. He was brought to trial in October, 1883, in the Recorder’s court of the city of Detroit, which resulted in a conviction. The case comes here on exceptions before judgment.

That the crime of larceny from the person was committed was not questioned, but whether the prisoner was the person who committed it was disputed. Evidence was introduced tending to prove the identity of the prisoner as the one who commifted the offense; and the question as to whether he was the guilty party was fairly submitted…