0417: The People of the State of New York v. Adolph Anderson, Charles Kiersted, Michael Long, Clarence Mitchell, and Patrick O'Brien

The five defendants are indicted for grand larceny in the second degree.
Stewart Coles and Alfred Roser, private detectives working for the Wholesale Fish Dealers Association, testify that they witnessed the defendants stealing fish from a consignment of eighteen containers delivered to the Fulton Fish Market in the early morning of 23 December 1903. The detectives, concealed in an oyster boat docked at the pier, watched the defendants break open containers to obtain a quantity of halibut. Benjamin Graham, an oysterman, William Ashcroft, night watchman, and George Moon, night clerk, testify to the presence of the defendants at the market at the time of the alleged robbery.
The defendants, truckmen hired to deliver the halibut from the Erie Railroad terminal in Jersey City, deny that they had stolen the fish.
The jury finds the defendants guilty of petit larceny.

Larceny See all items with this value

1903-12-23

1904-03-21

Guilty See all items with this value

Adolph Anderson

Charles Kiersted

Michael Long

Clarence Mitchell

Patrick O'Brien

Marshall B. Clarke

Hoyer

Wauhope Lynn

Price

John W. Goff See all items with this value

417

Manhattan, New York

Larceny