4 Del. 567
New York Court of General Session of the Peace
Decided July 1, 1845
New York Court of General Session of the Peace · decided 1845-07-01
Indicted for feloniously,receiving stolen goods, knowing, &c., to . wit, a quantity of wool. One Washington Brown had been indicted, tried and convicted on his own confession of stealing the wool, but sentence h$id not passed. His confessions were now offered in evidence against Newport.
Decided 1845-07-01
¶1rejected the evidence.
¶2Verdict, not guilty.
¶3[Note.—In the case of the State vs. James Webb in Kent, Oyer and Terminer, June term, 1828, the same point was ruled. Quere. Could not Brown have been examined? A person is not convicted so as to render him infamous until judgment. Greenl. Ev. 444.]