Case ID: mich_50/html/0390-02.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Cooley, J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

The People v. George Howard.
    
      Larcmy.
    
    In a prosecution for larceny the prosecuting witness testified that, while standing with her daughter in front of a store, she felt some one taking her pocket-book from her pocket, and on turning about saw the accused running away ; that she followed him with an outcry, and accused him of stealing her pocket-book, and that he was caught and denied it, but thrust upon her another pocket-book, which he said was hers, and forced a ten dollar bill on her daughter, and ran off. Held, that the trial judge committed no error in refusing to charge that there was no evidence warranting conviction, and in submitting the case to the jury.
    Exceptions from the Recorder’s Court of Detroit. (Swift, J.)
    April 18.
    April 18.
    Larceny from the person.
    Conviction affirmed.
    Attorney General Jacob J. Van Riper for the People.
    
      George H. Pewnimcm for respondent.
   Cooley, J.

The defendant was convicted of the larceny of a pocket-book from the. person of the prosecuting witness. The only error assigned is that the Recorder refused to instruct the jury that there was no evidence warranting a conviction.

The evidence of the prosecuting witness was that while standing with her daughter in front of a store on Woodward avenue, Detroit, she felt some one taking 'her pocket-book from her pocket; that she turned about and saw the defendant running away; that she followed him up with an outcry, and accused him of stealing her pocket-book ; that he was caught, and denied taking the pocket-book, but thrust upon her another pocket-book which he said was hers, and also upon her daughter a ten-dollar bill, and ran off. He was s5on arrested, and put on trial for larceny.

The Recorder committed no error in submitting the case to the jury. There was not only evidence tending to show guilt, but it was very cogent.

The conviction is affirmed.

The other Justices concurred.