Case Name: PEOPLE v. MAXWELL
Court: New York Supreme Court, General Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1895-05-14
Citations: 33 N.Y.S. 794
Docket Number: 
Parties: PEOPLE v. MAXWELL.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 33
Pages: 794–794

Head Matter:
PEOPLE v. MAXWELL.
(Supreme Court, General Term, Third Department.
May 14, 1895.)
Criminal Law—Sufficiency of Evidence on Appeal.
A conviction in a criminal case will be reversed on appeal where the circumstances, though strongly suspicious, do not exclude every hypothesis except defendant’s guilt.
Appeal from court of sessions, Montgomery county.
Thomas Maxwell was convicted of burglary, and appeals.
Reversed.
Argued before PUTNAM and HERRICK, JJ.
George M. Albot, for appellant.
Leonard F. Fish, Dist. Atty., for the People.

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