Reversed, on the law and the facts, and new trial ordered.
The People introduced evidence of a crime committed by defendant other than the crime charged in the indictment. The justification urged for the introduction of evidence of this crime was that it came within the "identity" exception, as enunciated in People v. Molineux (168 N.Y. 264), to the general rule that the People cannot prove against a defendant any crime not alleged in the indictment. That exception...
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