Scruggs v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Morgan. Tried before the Hon. Henry C. Speaks. The appellant was tried and convicted under the following indictment: “The grand jury of said county charge that before the finding of this indictment that John D. Scruggs, being at the time a public officer of said county, directly or indirectly, by himself or through another, purchased, dealt or trafnced in a claim or claims payable out of the county treasury of said county; or a claim or…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Morgan. Tried before the Hon. Henry C. Speaks. The appellant was tried and convicted under the following indictment: “The grand jury of said county charge that before the finding of this indictment that John D. Scruggs, being at the time a public officer of said county, directly or indirectly, by himself or through another, purchased, dealt or trafnced in a claim or claims payable out of the county treasury of said county; or a claim or claims payable out of the fine and forfeiture fund of said county of Morgan, and said claim or claims were not taken in good…
1Opinion of the CourtColeman, J.
The defendant was indicted for a violation of section 3931 of the Criminal Code, which reads as follows : “ Any public officer, who, directly or indirectly, by himself or through another, purchases, deals or traffics, in any manner -whatever, in any claim payable out of the county treasury, or out of the fine and forfeiture fund of the county, must, on conviction, be fined for each offense not less than ten,nor more than fifty dollars ; but nothing contained in this section prevents any officer from receiving in good faith any county claim in payment of a debt due him. This section must be…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Herr v. SeymourSupreme Court of Alabama · 1884
- Alston v. YerbySupreme Court of Alabama · 1895
3Cited by10 opinions
- Ex Parte State, in re Brooms v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1916
- State Ex Rel. Hyland v. BaumhauerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1942
- Hamilton v. EdmundsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1937
- Commonwealth v. CoyneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
- Jefferson County v. CaseSupreme Court of Alabama · 1943
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