State v. Locke
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Pleasants County. BE. P. Locke was convicted of failing, in violation of Code, ch. 119, §11 (sec. 4709), to pay over money to his client, and brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Lynch, Judge:
Ii. P. Locke was convicted on an indictment charging that, as an attorney at law, he collected for and unlawfully withheld from his client, Ada Newland, certain sums of money aggregating $225, which he refused to pay to her on demand or after the expiration of six months from the date of the last collection. The indictment was drawn pursuant to the provisions of §11, ch. 119, Code, which are that “if any attorney receive money for his client as such attorney, and fail to pay the same on demand, or within six months after receipt thereof,. without good and sufficient reason for…
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