State v. Stevens
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — lion. Rhodes E. Gave, Judge. (1) The. court erred in permitting the State to show that defendant failed to> account for any proceeds of the fifteen-hundred-dollar note, which he was charged with embezzling.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — lion. Rhodes E. Gave, Judge. (1) The. court erred in permitting the State to show that defendant failed to> account for any proceeds of the fifteen-hundred-dollar note, which he was charged with embezzling. State v. Dodson, 72' Mo. 283'; State v. Crosswhite, 130 Mo. 363; State v. Mispagel, 207 Mo. 573; 9 R. C. L. 1295. (2) The indictment in this case charges that, the note embezzled was made payable to the order of B. C. Stevens, who is the defendant in the case. This is a specific allegation and tantamount to an averment that the defendant was the…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, C. J.
An indictment preferred to the grand jury of St. Louis County in December, 1914, charged the appellant in two counts with embezzlement; in the first with having, unlawfully converted to his own use a certain note for $1500, the property of one C. C. Sanders; in the second, with having unlawfully, etc., as a bailee, converted said note.
After a removal of the case by change of venue to the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis a tiial was had resulting in a verdict of guilty under the second count and a sentence of three years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. Appellant seeks a reversal of…
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- State v. ClintonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1878
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- State v. LewisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1918
- State v. DodsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1880
- State v. CarraginSupreme Court of Missouri · 1908
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