Coffin v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STAGES FOR THE DISTRICT OF. INDIANA. By section 5209 of the Revised Statutes, relating to National Banks, certain acts therein enumerated are made misdemeanors punishable by imprisonment for not less than five nor more than ten years.
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ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STAGES FOR THE DISTRICT OF. INDIANA. By section 5209 of the Revised Statutes, relating to National Banks, certain acts therein enumerated are made misdemeanors punishable by imprisonment for not less than five nor more than ten years. The section reads as follows : “Every president, director, cashier, teller, clerk, or agent of any association who embezzles, abstracts, or wilfully misapplies any of the moneys, funds, or credits of the association; or who, without authority from the directors, issues or puts in circulation any of the notes of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice White,
after stating the case, delivered the' opinion of the court.
Many of the exceptions taken during the trial and the requests to charge which were refused, as well as most of the exceptions to the charge as given, relate to the counts of the indictment which were quashed on the motion in arrest. All these questions are, therefore, eliminated. We shall hence only consider the matters which are pertinent to the remaining counts, and shall examine first the objections made to the indictment generally, based upon the contention that all the counts fail to charge an offence; second,…
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