State v. Bullard
Superior Court of New Hampshire
Indictment for stealing a pocket book and sundry bank bills from the store of Bichard P. Kent. Kent testified to the loss of the property, and to other circumstances tending to show that the respondent was m the store about the time of the loss, and that soon afterward he called the respondent and charged him with the larceny.
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Indictment for stealing a pocket book and sundry bank bills from the store of Bichard P. Kent. Kent testified to the loss of the property, and to other circumstances tending to show that the respondent was m the store about the time of the loss, and that soon afterward he called the respondent and charged him with the larceny. The respondent however declared his innocence, and Kent obtaining no satisfactory information from him, pretended to him that his suspicions were removed, and requested his aid in detecting the rogue and finding the money;, that the next evening Bullard came and asked…
1Opinion of the CourtWoods, J.
There can be no doubt that the testimony of Cross narrating the conversation he had with the defendant was competent, it having relation to the money stolen from Kent, with the stealing of which he stood .accused at the time. His object was to charge Jewell with the offence, and thereby to shift the suspicion from himself; in doing which he gave a narrative of facts which clearly connected himself with what he averred he had no doubt was a part of the stolen money, and also gave such opinions as to the probable course of Jewell, as to the place of the concealment of the residue of the money,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- People v. DouglassNew York Supreme Court · 1825
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- Schultz v. ValleIndiana Court of Appeals · 1984
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