Patterson v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal from a judgment of conviction of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia in a criminal prosecution for embezzlement. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Shepard
Appellant, defendant below, was found guilty of the crime of embezzlement under an indictment charging the wrongful conversion to his own use of the sum of $80.60, which had come into his possession as the attorney of one Cora Harris, and by virtue of his employment as an attorney by her.
Sec. 834 of the Code of the District of Columbia [31 Stat. at L. 1325, chap. 854] reads as follows: If any agent, attorney, clerk, or servant of a private person or copartnership, or any officer, attorney, agent, clerk, or servant of any association or incorporated company, shall wrongfully convert to his own…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Commonwealth v. ConnellyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1895
- State v. McLeanSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1897
- State v. FrickerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1893
3Cited by1 opinion
- Carlos E. Anzoategui v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1964