State v. Harmon
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Moniteau Circuit Court. — Hon. E. L. Edwards, Judge. The defendant was indicted in the circuit court of Moniteau county at the September term, 1889, for embezzlement and grand larceny. The indictment contains fifteen counts. The first was for embezzlement; the remaining fourteen were for grand larceny. The evidence showed that the defendant was the clerk .and employe of a mercantile firm, Cavers & Thomas, in California, Missouri.
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Appeal from Moniteau Circuit Court. — Hon. E. L. Edwards, Judge. The defendant was indicted in the circuit court of Moniteau county at the September term, 1889, for embezzlement and grand larceny. The indictment contains fifteen counts. The first was for embezzlement; the remaining fourteen were for grand larceny. The evidence showed that the defendant was the clerk .and employe of a mercantile firm, Cavers & Thomas, in California, Missouri. The evidence on the part of the state tended to show that the other clerks watched the defendant and discovered many irregularities in the taking of…
1Opinion of the CourtGrantt, P. J.
Three main propositions are urged upon the part of defendant for a reversal. First, that the court erred in instructing the jury that, if they found from the evidence that defendant was the clerk of Cavers & Thomas, and was at the time sixteen years of age, and, without the assent of said firm, converted and embezzled to his own use any of the money or property of said firm as described in the various counts of said indictment, of less value than $80, within one year before the finding of the indictment, they would find him guilty as charged in said counts, that is to say, of larceny, and…
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