New York Court of Appeals
Williams v. . the People.
June 5, 186224 N.Y. 405
Summary
The Court of Appeals held that section 33 of the 1860 Act is not a local provision within the meaning of Article III, § 16 of the New York Constitution and that the defendant was entitled to a jury instruction limiting the verdict to petit larceny; consequently the conviction and sentence were reversed and a new trial ordered.