Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. John Woods, Appellant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1943-06-18
Citations: 290 N.Y. 912
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. John Woods, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 290
Pages: 912–912

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. John Woods, Appellant.
Argued May 20, 1943;
decided June 18, 1943.
Alfred A. Duffy and Benjamin Schifter for appellant.
Thomas Cradock Hughes, Acting District Attorney (Henry J. Walsh of counsel), for respondent.

Opinion:
Judgments reversed and indictment dismissed. There is in this record no proof of such conscious, exclusive and personal possession as would warrant the jury in convicting the defendant of larceny. No opinion.
Concur: Lehman, Ch. J., Loughran, Rippey, Lewis, Conway, Desmond and Thacher, JJ.