People v. Whitney
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by.the defendant, Edgar A. Whitney, from a judginent of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace in and for the county of New York, rendered against the defendant on the 30th day of November, 1908, convicting him of the crime of grand larceny in the second degree, and also from an order denying his motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment.
1Opinion of the Court
Dowling, J.:
The defendant was indicted for the crime of grand larceny in the second degree for having obtained from the firm of Moskowitz Bros, property of the value of $162.25, consisting of curtains and bedding, by feloniously, fraudulently and falsely pretending and representing to the said copartners that he was the owner of a large quantity of diamonds and had deposited the same with the corporation 'called Tiffany & Co., and that the same were then in the custody of the said corporation, by color and aid of which false and fraudulent pretenses and representations defendant obtained said…
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