141 Misc. 778 | New York Court of General Session of the Peace | 1931
The defendant Burke has been convicted of the crime of grand larceny in the first degree. The indictment charges that on May 1, 1926, Grant Reynolds, an unapprehended codefendant, and Burke, by means of false and fraudulent representations and pretenses, obtained from John Egan the sum of $3,000.
The defendant Burke now moves for a new trial upon the ground of newly-discovered evidence. The principal ground urged is that the receipt dated May 1, 1926, for the sum of $3,000, the body of which is conceded to have been written by the complainant John Egan, had not been signed by G. J. Reynolds, but that the signature “ G. J. Reynolds ” is a forgery, and had been written by Egan.
The sole object of the application of the defendant for a new trial is to discredit and impeach the testimony of John Egan, the prin
Motion denied.