State v. Effler
New York Court of General Session of the Peace
Indictment for conspiracy to commit larceny. Verdict of guilty. Writ of Error sued out of Supreme Court by defendant. (See report of case in Supreme Court, 3 Boyce — ). The statement of the prosecuting witness, at the trial, as to the facts and circumstances constituting the alleged conspiracy, was in substance as follows: ' “I live at 217 West Second Street, Wilmington, and my business is that of a baker. I have lived in Wilmington fourteen years.
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Indictment for conspiracy to commit larceny. Verdict of guilty. Writ of Error sued out of Supreme Court by defendant. (See report of case in Supreme Court, 3 Boyce — ). The statement of the prosecuting witness, at the trial, as to the facts and circumstances constituting the alleged conspiracy, was in substance as follows: ' “I live at 217 West Second Street, Wilmington, and my business is that of a baker. I have lived in Wilmington fourteen years. I had dealings with Samuel Effler, alias Charles Heffler, the defendant, in the year 1909. In March 1909, a man named Needles, who lived in the…
1Opinion of the CourtPennewill, C. J.
delivering the opinion of the court:
On account of the importance of the question raise,d. by the state’s offer, we have given it as careful consideration as was possible since the adjournment last evening.
The witness, now upon the stand, was producéd by the state to show that the defendant, together with the other alleged conspirators, about the time of the commission of the offense alleged in the indictment, cheated and defrauded the witness in the same manner as he is charged with having cheated and defrauded the prosecuting witness in the present case.
The testimony is offered under the…
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