People v. Severance
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from court of sessions, Onondaga county. Franklin M. Severance was indicted under Pen. Code, § 602, for having made a false entry in a “tickler,” a book of accounts kept by the bank, while cashier of the Farmers’ Bank of Fayetteville, with intent to defraud the bank, and was convicted. From a judgment of conviction, and from an order denying a motion for a new trial, he appeals.
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Appeal from court of sessions, Onondaga county. Franklin M. Severance was indicted under Pen. Code, § 602, for having made a false entry in a “tickler,” a book of accounts kept by the bank, while cashier of the Farmers’ Bank of Fayetteville, with intent to defraud the bank, and was convicted. From a judgment of conviction, and from an order denying a motion for a new trial, he appeals. Defendant was indicted by a grand jury in the Onondaga oyer and terminer on the 21st day of January, 1891. He was arraigned April 6, 1891, in the court of sessions of that county, to which the indictment had…
1Opinion of the CourtMartin, J.
The principal questions presented on this appeal relate to the rulings of the trial court in the admission and rejection of evidence. There were a great number of exceptions taken by the defendant. Many of them are not, however, referred to by the appellant in his brief. There are others to which our attention is called that we do not deem of sufficient importance to require any special consideration further than to say that they have been carefully examined, and we do not think they require a reversal of the judgment. After eliminating the two classes of exceptions alluded to, others remain…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- The People v. . ColeNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Sturm v. . Atlantic Mutual Insurance Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1875
- Sheffield & Herrender v. Rochester & Syracuse Rail RoadNew York Supreme Court · 1856
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- Daniels v. CumminsNew York Supreme Court · 1971
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- People v. CollinsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901