People v. Cohen

The defendant was indicted on a charge of embezzlement. From an order denying him a new trial and from a judgment of conviction he has appealed.

The first point which he calls to our attention and which he contends was a reversible error is this: he claims that the properties which it was alleged he embezzled were of such a nature and in such form that they amounted to mere scraps of paper and had no value. That contention is based on these facts:

On the twenty-seventh day of February, 1922, the defendant was a cleric, agent, or servant of the Bank of Italy, a corporation organized and existing…