State v. Lillie
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from, Sedgwick District Court. Information for embezzlement, charging the appellant, William Lillie, with the embezzlement of certain United States treasury notes, and certain national bank notes,' amounting in the aggregate to ¡$15.0. At the September Term, 1878, of the district court, Lillie was tried, found guilty of the offense charged, and sentenced accordingly. He now appeals to this court. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
This was a criminal prosecution for the embezzlement of certain United States treasury notes and certain national bank notes, amounting in the aggregate to $150. The information charged the defendant with receiving said notes as the “agent, servant, employé and bailee” of the prosecuting witness. Before the trial, the defendant moved the court to “compel the state to elect whether the defendant be put,to trial upon the charge,of embezzlement as agent, servant, employé, or as a bailee.” The court however overruled the motion, and the…
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