Case Name: The People v. Augustus G. Cole
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1884-06-19
Citations: 54 Mich. 238
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People v. Augustus G. Cole.
Judges: The other Justices concurred
Reporter: Michigan Reports
Volume: 54
Pages: 238–239

Head Matter:
The People v. Augustus G. Cole.
Value of stolen property.
Yalue of stolen property is fixed by rates prevailing at the time and place where the theft was committed, and not in some neighboring city.
Error to Oakland. (Stickney, J.)
June 19.
— June 19.
Larceny. Respondent brings error.
Affirmed.
W. N. Draper and Thomas J. Davis for appellant.
Attorney General Van Riper for the People.

Opinion:
Champlin, J.
Respondent was convicted of larceny of property exceeding twenty-five dollars in value, The offense was committed in Oakland county and within two miles of the city of Pontiac. The circuit judge excluded evidence of the value of the property in the city of Detroit, and confined the proof to the value at the time and place when and where the larceny was committed.
There is no error in the record, and the judgment is affirmed.
The other Justices concurred