People v. Higgins

Ross, J.:

The defendant’s objection to the sufficiency of the evidence is without merit. There was ample proof of the elements of the offense—the larceny of eighty dollars—with which he was charged, as well as of his guilt of the offense. Nor is there any merit in the plea of former jeopardy interposed by him. The plea is based on these facts: Defendant was once before put upon his trial on the same indictment, before a competent Court and jury, duly impaneled, but during the progress of the trial, fled. After repeated delays and unsuccessful efforts on the part of the Court to obtain his…