Cheney v. State

Ohio Supreme Court
Cheney v. State, 7 Ohio 222 (Ohio 1835)
Lane

Cheney v. State

Opinion of the Court

Judge Lane

delivered the opinion of the court:

The testimony admitted, in this case, was altogether inadmissible. The intimacies of an accused person with suspicious or guilty persons do not prove him guilty of any particular crime; neither can a combination to steal horses, formed subsequently to the larceny on trial, be proved to establish that larceny. Evidence to convict a person of a specific offense, must bear upon that offense, and not upon others, or it avails nothing.

Judgment reversed; remanded for new trial.

Reference

Full Case Name
John Cheney v. State of Ohio
Cited By
2 cases
Status
Published