Legal Opinion

State v. New

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided August 5, 1875PublishedCited by 28 opinions

The defendant was tried in the district court for Hennepin county, before Vanderburgh, J., upon the following indictment: “Thomas New is accused by the grand jury of the county •of Hennepin, in the state of Minnesota, by this indictment, ■of the crime of larceny, committed as follows: The said Thomas New, not being an apprentice, nor under the age of •sixteen years, on the 20th day of August, A. D. 1873, at the city of Minneapolis, in said Hennepin county, then and there…

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The defendant was tried in the district court for Hennepin county, before Vanderburgh, J., upon the following indictment: “Thomas New is accused by the grand jury of the county •of Hennepin, in the state of Minnesota, by this indictment, ■of the crime of larceny, committed as follows: The said Thomas New, not being an apprentice, nor under the age of •sixteen years, on the 20th day of August, A. D. 1873, at the city of Minneapolis, in said Hennepin county, then and there being a servant of the American Express Company, ■a copartnership consisting of various persons, the names of whom are to…

1Opinion of the CourtBerry, J.

Section 23, ch. 95, Gen. St., enacts that * * * “if any clerk, agent, or servant, '* * * of any copartnership, except apprentices and other persons under the age of sixteen years, embezzles or fraudulently converts to his own use, •* * * without consent of his employer, * * * any money or property of another, which has come into his possession, or is under his care by virtue of such employment, he shall be deemed to have committed larceny.”

1. By the indictment in this case the defendant is “ accused,” by the grand jury, “of the crime of larceny, committed as follows,” the indictment thereupon…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Commonwealth v. CullenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873

3Cited by28 opinions

  1. People v. DavisIllinois Supreme Court · 1915
  2. State v. EnsleyIndiana Supreme Court · 1912
  3. Edelhoff v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1894
  4. State v. HolmesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1896
  5. State v. KnowlesSupreme Court of Missouri · 1904

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