People v. Rivello
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, John Rivello, from a judgment of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace of the city and county of Mew York in favor of the plaintiff, rendered on the 21st day of June, 1898, upon the verdict of a jury convicting the defendant of the crime of receiving stolen goods.
1Opinion of the Court
Van Brunt, P. J.:
It is urged that there was error in this conviction upon the ground that, if the defendant was guilty of any crime, it was that of larceny; and it is claimed that larceny and the crime of receiving stolen goods are separate, distinct and independent, requiring different kinds of proof, and that a man cannot be guilty of the crime of receiving stolen goods because he has in his possession the goods which he himself has stolen. Prior to the time of the obliteration *455of the distinction in the definition of crime between accessories and principals, undoubtedly the general rule of…
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