Commonwealth v. Powell
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 23, Jan. T., 1903, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Luzerne Co., Nov. T., 1901, No. 149, on verdict of guilty, in case of Commonwealth v. William H. Powell and F. T. Lloyd, trading as Powell & Company. Indictment for embezzlement. Verdict of guilty upon which judgment of sentence was passed.
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Appeal, No. 23, Jan. T., 1903, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Luzerne Co., Nov. T., 1901, No. 149, on verdict of guilty, in case of Commonwealth v. William H. Powell and F. T. Lloyd, trading as Powell & Company. Indictment for embezzlement. Verdict of guilty upon which judgment of sentence was passed. Errors assigned were: 1. The court erred in the admission of the evidence in relation to the shipments of merchandise at any other time before or after September 3, 1901, it being specifically charged in the indictment: “ Defendant on September 3, 1901, had as consignee appropriated…
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Opinion by
Beaver, J.,
Defendant was tried and convicted of the offense of embezzlement charged in the indictment as follows: “ That William H. Powell, late of said county, on the 3d day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and one, at the county aforesaid and within the jurisdiction of this court, being then and there consignee and factor having the possession of certain merchandise, to wit, forty crates of peaches the property of Elsie K. Sehlegel, with authority to sell the same, in violation of good faith, with intent to defraud the owner, Elsie K. Sehlegel, did…
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