Buckley v. State

In this case the state prosecutes the defendant, Newton E. Buckley, on a charge of embezzlement. The jury returned a verdict of guilty and the trial court sentenced the defendant to serve 18 months in the state penitentiary. From the overruling of his motion for a new triai, the defendant brings the case to this court for review.

The defendant first contends that the indictment was insufficient to charge a crime under the laws of Nebraska for the reason that an allegation of an intent to defraud' was not incorporated therein. The only allegation of intent to defraud contained in the indictment…