State v. Hatfield

The defendant was convicted of embezzlement upon two indictments, tried together, in the Passaic Sessions, and brings this writ of error upon exceptions taken at the trial. The embezzlement charged was of the moneys of the Dime Savings and Loan Association, of New Jersey, a corporation for which he (the defendant) was acting as agent. The indictments, although legally sufficient, were very general, simply charging the embezzlement, at dates specified, of particular sums of money mentioned belonging to the association.

The defendant, after denial of a motion to quash the indictments, moved that…