Hall v. Brown
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action for feloniously taking and carrying away a quantity of dry goods, brought upon the statute, (Rev. Stat., tit. 6, § 44,) which provides that every person who shall feloniously take the property of another “ shall forfeit and pay to the owner of the property so stolen treble the value thereof, to be recovered by action founded on this statute.”
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Action for feloniously taking and carrying away a quantity of dry goods, brought upon the statute, (Rev. Stat., tit. 6, § 44,) which provides that every person who shall feloniously take the property of another “ shall forfeit and pay to the owner of the property so stolen treble the value thereof, to be recovered by action founded on this statute.” The case was tried to the jury in the superior court, on the general issue, before Dutton, J. On the trial the plaintiffs offered evidence to prove that they kept a store as partners in the town of Westerly in the state of Rhode Island; that…
1Opinion of the CourtSanford, J.
The goods for which this action was brought were found in the defendant’s possession, and with them, or, as the motion states, “ in proximity with them,” other goods *555were found at the same time ; and the plaintiffs claimed that all these goods had been stolen by the defendant from their store. The defendant claimed that as to some of the articles sued for, and some of those not sued for, he had procured them honestly, and he denied all knowledge of the rest. To show that the goods sued for had been stolen, the plaintiffs offered evidence tending to prove that all the goods found belonged to…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Munson v. AtwoodSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1861
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