United States v. Negro John

United States v. Negro John. A conviction for stealing a pocket-book is a conviction of stealing all that it contained, at the time of the theft, belonging to the same owner. Indictment for stealing a five-dollar bank-note. The prisoner had been convicted, at this term, of stealing a pocket-book valued at ten cents, and sentenced. The bank-note was in that pocket-book, at the time it was stolen, and belonged to the same man, Francis Gray. The verdict, in this case, was taken, subject to the opinion of the Court, on the question whether the former conviction of the prisoner, for stealing the pocket-book, is a bar to this prosecution, all matters, or points of law, reserved. [MAJORITY — The Couht] The Couht (item, con.) rendered judgment for the prisoner.