Legal Opinion
State v. Combs
Supreme Court of Kansas
Decided July 15, 1891PublishedCited by 11 opinions
Appeal from Harvey District Court. Prosecution for embezzlement. From a conviction at the May term, 1891, the defendant, Combs, appeals. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Johnston, J.:
This was a prosecution for embezzlement, under § 90 of the crimes act. The defendant was convicted, and the judgment of the court was, that he should be confined at hard labor for a term of two years in the state penitentiary. The information under which he was convicted charged as follows:
“That on the 10th day of March, 1891, in said county of Harvey and state of Kansas, one A. M. Fearn did intrust to William Combs, for safe custody, $530, current money of the United States, of the value of $530, he, the said William Combs, receiving and…
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