Opinion
February 1, 1943.
Judgment of the County Court, Kings County, reversed on the law and a new trial ordered. Defendant was convicted of the crime of grand larceny in the first degree in having stolen and taken from the possession of Yetta Marcus a ring and a lavaliere. It was error for the court, for the purpose of showing motive and intent, to receive evidence that at times other than those mentioned in the indictment the defendant had registered in a hotel under an assumed name and had forged certain checks and appropriated certain moneys belonging to the complaining witness. ( People v. Geyer, 196 N.Y. 364; People v. Montana, 252 App. Div. 109.) Close, P.J., Hagarty, Johnston, Adel and Lewis, JJ., concur.