Commonwealth v. House
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 95, April T., 1899, by defendant, from sentence of Q. S. Allegheny Co., June Sess., 1896, No. 452, on verdict of guilty. Opinion by Orlady, J. Indictment for embezzlement of $26,652.74. Before Kennedy, P. J. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court and from the reports of this case on former appeals, 8 Pa. Superior Ct. 304, and 6 Pa.
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Appeal, No. 95, April T., 1899, by defendant, from sentence of Q. S. Allegheny Co., June Sess., 1896, No. 452, on verdict of guilty. Opinion by Orlady, J. Indictment for embezzlement of $26,652.74. Before Kennedy, P. J. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court and from the reports of this case on former appeals, 8 Pa. Superior Ct. 304, and 6 Pa. Superior Ct. 92. [It also appears from the record that the defendant William H. House pleaded specially a pardon granted to William C. Moreland to which plea the commonwealth demurred. The court sustained the demurrer] [1] and the…
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Orlady, J.,
The defendant and W. C. Moreland were jointly indicted under the 65th section of the Crimes Act of March 31, 1860, P. L. 382, viz: “If any state, county, township or municipal officer of tMs commonwealth, charged with the collection, safekeeping, transfer or disbursement of public money, shall convert to his own use in any way whatsoever, or shall use by way of investment, in any Mnd of property or merchandise, any portion of the public money intrusted to him for collection, safe-keeping, transfer or disbursement, or shall prove a defaulter, or fail to pay over the same…
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