People v. Dorthy
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, John F. Dorthy, from a judgment of - the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Ontario on the 20th day of February, 1897, upon the verdict of a jury convicting him of the crime of grand larceny in the second degree; also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 20th day of February, 1897, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial; also from an order denying the defendant’s motion…
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Appeal by the defendant, John F. Dorthy, from a judgment of - the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Ontario on the 20th day of February, 1897, upon the verdict of a jury convicting him of the crime of grand larceny in the second degree; also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 20th day of February, 1897, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial; also from an order denying the defendant’s motion to set aside the indictment, and also from an order overruling a demurrer to the indictment. The sentence of the court…
1Opinion of the Court
Williams, J.:
The indictment was found by a grand jury of Monroe county on June 7, 1895, and charged defendant with having on the 17th day of August, 1892, stolen $200, the property of Charles and Mary Williamson, while he had the money in his custody as their attorney and agent. A plea of not guilty having been entered, the place of trial of the indictment was in January, 1897, on motion of defendant and the consent of the district attorney, changed to the county of Ontario. The trial was had in 1897, and resulted in the conviction of the defendant and the judgment here appealed from.
Upon the…
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