State v. Wright

This is an indictment for embezzlement. The case is here on numerous exceptions taken in the superior court by the defendant, but we find it necessary to consider only his exception to the denial of his motion for a directed verdict of not guilty and several other exceptions to the admission of evidence, and to a portion of the trial justice’s charge to the jury.

Defendant was the treasurer of the town of Foster from May 1926 until August 1, 1940, when he resigned at the request of the town council. Prior thereto,. on March 25, 1940, an official audit of his accounts had been ordered by the…