Goode v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS. George Goode, a letter-carrier,; was indicted and convicted in the District Court for the District of Massachusetts for embezzlement and theft from the mail.
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ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS. George Goode, a letter-carrier,; was indicted and convicted in the District Court for the District of Massachusetts for embezzlement and theft from the mail. The indictment contained seven counts, the first three of which charged.a violation of Rev. Stat., § 5467, and the last four a violation of § 5469. (The substance of these sections is printed in the margin.) The case was submitted to the jury under certain instructions, hereafter to be considered, who returned a verdict of guilty upon the whole…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bbown
To make a case under Rev. Stat., § 5467, it is necessary for the government to prove —
(1.) That the person' charged was employed in the postal service.
(2.) That the letter that he is charged with secreting, embezzling, or destroying was entrusted to him or came into his possession, and was intended to be conveyed by mail, carried, or .delivered by carrier, messenger, route agent, or other person employed in the postal service, or forwarded through or delivered from any post office or branch office, etc.
(3.) That it contained one of the articles of value described in the statute, one of which…
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