Territory of Montana v. Mooney
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from the Second Judicial District, Deer Dodge County. STATEMENT. The defendant, George Mooney, was convicted of embezzlement in the District Court of Deer Lodge County, and sentenced to a term of one year in the penitentiary.
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Appeal from the Second Judicial District, Deer Dodge County. STATEMENT. The defendant, George Mooney, was convicted of embezzlement in the District Court of Deer Lodge County, and sentenced to a term of one year in the penitentiary. The indictment against him charged the offense in the following language: “ That one George Mooney, late of the county of Deer Lodge, Montana Territory, on or about the first day of October, A. D. 1887, at the county of Silver Bow, and Territory of Montana, was employed by one John Dowd, to proceed and go to the county of Deer Lodge, and Territory of Montana, and…
1Opinion of the CourtLiddell, J.
The defendant was tried and convicted of the crime of embezzlement, on the 20th of December, 1887; and thereupon moved the court for a new trial, for the reason that the verdict was contrary to the law and the evidence, and on the further ground of newly discovered evidence, material to the defense. The motion being denied, and the accused sentenced, he appeals from the judgment, and we are now called upon to review the rulings complained of. The court has not had the benefit of brief or oral argument from either side; and we here desire to express our disapproval of the practice of appealing…
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