State v. Borgstrom
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Defendant was indicted and convicted in tlie district court for St. Louis county of the crime of misappropriating public moneys to his own use, and from a judgment, Moer, J., sentencing him to pay a fine of $500, and to be confined in the state penitentiary one year, he appealed.
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Defendant was indicted and convicted in tlie district court for St. Louis county of the crime of misappropriating public moneys to his own use, and from a judgment, Moer, J., sentencing him to pay a fine of $500, and to be confined in the state penitentiary one year, he appealed. At the trial defendant requested the court to charge as follows: “The defendant is presumed to be innocent of the crime with which he is charged in the indictment, and this presumption of innocence attends every question and fact in the case, and remains until overcome by such evidence as convinces the jury of the…
1Opinion of the CourtBuck, J.
On February 6, 1897, the defendant, Peter J. Borgstrom, was indicted by the grand jury of St. Louis county, charged with having committed the crime of misappropriating money received by him as register of deeds of said county. The amount so appropriated by him was alleged to be the sum of $63.25, which he had received as such register for making ánd certifying that certain copies of instruments were true copies thereof, as recorded in said office of register of deeds. Upon trial the defendant was found guilty, and sentenced to pay a fine of $500, and be confined in the state penitentiary at…
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