Whitney v. State
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error to tbe district coxirt for Harlan county. Tried below before Thompson, J. Tbe facts are stated in tbe opinion. The information does not sufficiently describe the owner of the money alleged to have been embezzled. (Stale v. Potter, 28 la. 554; Smith v. State, 21 Neb. 556; Ex parte Eads, 17 Neb. 145; Grant v. State, 17 So. Rep. '[Fla.] 225.) The court erred in making improper remarks concerning evidence.
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Error to tbe district coxirt for Harlan county. Tried below before Thompson, J. Tbe facts are stated in tbe opinion. The information does not sufficiently describe the owner of the money alleged to have been embezzled. (Stale v. Potter, 28 la. 554; Smith v. State, 21 Neb. 556; Ex parte Eads, 17 Neb. 145; Grant v. State, 17 So. Rep. '[Fla.] 225.) The court erred in making improper remarks concerning evidence. (Boioman v. State, 19 Neb. 527; State v. Ticlcel, 13 Nev. 502; People v. Bands, 1 Nev. 33; Crutchfield v. Richmond & D. R. Go., 76 N. Car. 320; People v. Wood, 27 N. E. Rep. [N. Y.] 362;…
1Opinion of the CourtNorval, J.
Ezra S. Whitney was convicted of embezzlement of public money of Harlan county, while he was the treasurer thereof, and sentenced to a term of two years and sis months imprisonment in the penitentiary, and that he also pay a fine in double the sum embezzled. The information alleges that the defendant, “Ezra S. Whitney, was the county treasurer of Harlan county, Nebraska, from the 5th day of January, 1894, to the 9th day of January, 1896, and as such officer was charged with the collection, receipt, safe-keeping, transfer, and disbursement of the public moneys of Harlan county, Nebraska; that…
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