The People v. . McCallam
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal by defendant, Helen M. McCallam, from a judgment of the general term of the superior court in the fourth department of 29th January, 1885, affirming a conviction of the defendant in the court of sessions of Jefferson county, of grand larceny in the second degree. The facts appear very fully in the report of the case at general term. See 3 H. Y. Grim. Rep., 189, 191, et seq.
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
The defendant was indicted for the crime of grand larceny in the first degree, and convicted of grand larceny in the second degree.
There was sufficient evidence upon the trial to submit to the jury the question whéther the defendant was guilty of the crime for which a conviction was had, and under the facts proved the court was not authorized to direct a verdict of acquittal.
The proof established beyond question that the' crime of larceny had been committed, and there was evidence which pointed to the defendant as the guilty party. There was also evidence showing that the defendant had been…
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