Case Name: The People, Resp't, v. Thomas Maxwell, Appl't
Court: New York Supreme Court, General Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1895-05-14
Citations: 67 N.Y. St. Rep. 541
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People, Resp’t, v. Thomas Maxwell, Appl’t.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York State Reporter
Volume: 67
Pages: 541–541

Head Matter:
The People, Resp’t, v. Thomas Maxwell, Appl’t.
(Supreme Court, General Term, Third Department,
Filed May 14, 1895.)
Appeal — Criminal law
A judgment ol 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 app’lt; Leonard F. Fish, Dist. Atty., for the Peoole.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
This judgment should be reversed. The cir, cumstances are strongly suspicious, but are not sufficient to war, rant conviction. They do not exclude every hypothesis except the guilt of defendant.
Judgment of conviction reversed.