Case Name: PEOPLE v. THOMAS MAXWELL
Court: New York Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1895-05-14
Citations: 9 N.Y. Crim. 524
Docket Number: 
Parties: PEOPLE v. THOMAS MAXWELL.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Criminal Reports
Volume: 9
Pages: 524–524

Head Matter:
Supreme Court—General Term—Third Department
May 14, 1895.
PEOPLE v. THOMAS MAXWELL.
(67 St. Rep. 541; 86 Hun, 620.)
Appeal—Criminal law.
A judgment of conviction, in a criminal action, will be reversed on appeal, where the circumstances, though strongly suspicious, do not exclude every hypothesis except the guilt of defendant.
Appeal from a judgment of .conviction for burglary.
George M. Albot, for appellant.
Leonard F. Fish, district attorney, for the People.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This judgment should be reversed. The circumstances are strongly suspicious, but are mot sufficient to warrant conviction. They do not exclude every hypothesis except the guilt of defendant.
Judgment of conviction reversed.