State v. Steers
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from District Court of the Fifth Judicial District for Bannock County. Hon. Alfred Budge, Judge. Appellant was convicted of the crime of embezzlement and sentenced to a term of two and one-half years in the state penitentiary.
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APPEAL from District Court of the Fifth Judicial District for Bannock County. Hon. Alfred Budge, Judge. Appellant was convicted of the crime of embezzlement and sentenced to a term of two and one-half years in the state penitentiary. The demurrer to the information should have been sustained, as it does not state whether the money claimed to have been embezzled was the property of Bingham county or of E. C. Shearer, or of whom, and does not in any manner comply with sections 7677, 7678 of the Revised Statutes. The court should have sustained the objection of defendant to the appearance of…
1Opinion of the CourtStockslager, C. J.
The prosecuting attorney of Bingham county charged appellant with the crime of embezzlement; the charging part of the information is as follows: The said Peter A. Steers, at and within Bingham county and state of Idaho, and within three years prior to the filing of this information, being then and there an officer of Bingham county, staté of Idaho, charged by law with the receipt, safekeeping and transfer of public moneys, to wit: The sheriff in and for Bingham county, state of Idaho, and by virtue of his said office, then and there a receiver of public moneys, to wit, a collector of licenses…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- State v. WetterIdaho Supreme Court · 1905
- State v. RookeIdaho Supreme Court · 1904
- State v. GordonIdaho Supreme Court · 1897
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