State v. Thompson
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the First Judicial District of the State of Nevada, Esmeralda County; F. P. Pangan, Judge. James Thompson and another were convicted of an attempt to commit grand larceny, and they appeal. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. I. An attempt to commit a crime must -include some overt act or the intent must be proved beyond a reasonable doubt. This court has .already passed upon what is necessary in such a case.
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Appeal from the District Court of the First Judicial District of the State of Nevada, Esmeralda County; F. P. Pangan, Judge. James Thompson and another were convicted of an attempt to commit grand larceny, and they appeal. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. I. An attempt to commit a crime must -include some overt act or the intent must be proved beyond a reasonable doubt. This court has .already passed upon what is necessary in such a case. In the case of State, of Nevada v. Lung, 21 Nev. 209, this court entered into a full discussion of what constituted an attempt and cited a…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Sweeney, J.:
Defendants were jointly indicted, tried and convicted for the crime of attempt to commit grand larceny. From the judgments and orders denying their motion for new trial, each has appealed.
The indictment is in two counts. Conviction was had upon the second count, which charges that defendants "did wilfully, unlawfully and feloniously attempt to sever from the realty of *211tlie Bed King mining claim, * * * the property of the Florence-Goldfield Mining Company, a corporation, the Goldfield Syndicate Mining Company, a corporation, Lewis H. Rogers, et al., * * * gold-bearing…
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