Legal Opinion

People v. Weiss

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided December 30, 1908PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal by the defendant, Julius Weiss, from a judgment of the County Court of Kings county, rendered on the 22d day of July, 1907, convicting the defendant of the crime of grand larceny in the first degree, and also from an order denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.

1Opinion of the Court

Miller, J.:

On Sunday, May 19, 1907, the complainant, Ruse, went to Coney Island and fell in with a stranger by the name of Colby, who invited Ruse into a billiard room kept by the defendant on Oceanic Walk to play pool. There the two met a third stranger by the name of Madden, and the three engaged in playing pool, as the result of which Ruse was persuaded that he had won $1,000 although he had refused to bet. Madden handed a roll of bills, purporting to be $1,000, to one Flynn, who pretended to be the manager of the place, and it was arranged that all three should meet at the same place the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Real v. . the PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1870
  2. Remsen v. . the PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1870
  3. People v. . BonierNew York Court of Appeals · 1904
  4. People v. FriedlandAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
  5. People v. QuinnAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. People v. SorgeNew York Court of Appeals · 1950
  2. People v. Fraiser, New York County Courts1973
  3. Price v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1914
  4. People v. BlattAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1910
  5. People v. CaifaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1937

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