Legal Opinion

State v. Stuart

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided December 21, 1920PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from Shelby District Court. — Earl Peters, Judge. The defendant was convicted of the crime of embezzlement, and sentenced to an indeterminate term in the reformatory, at Anamosa, and appeals. The necessary facts are referred to in the opinion. —

1Opinion of the CourtStevens, J.

i. Embezzm- and creditor and agenM?)al — I. The indictment is based upon Section 4842 of the Code of 1897, and charges the defendant with the embezzlement of $22, on or about the 23d day of November, 1918. It_is the claim of the State that the defendant, while acting as the agent of one J. S. Hamilton, received $35 from L. R. Marr, of Ainsworth, Iowa, for a hog feeder, which he sold him as the agent of Hamilton, and that, instead of remitting $22 thereof to Hamilton, as was his duty, he converted the same to his own use; that J. S. Hamilton resides at Harlan, Iowa, at which place he is…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. State v. WalkerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1907
  2. State v. MecumSupreme Court of Iowa · 1895
  3. State v. MoelchenSupreme Court of Iowa · 1880
  4. State v. SterrettSupreme Court of Iowa · 1887
  5. Willis Norton & Co. v. MelickSupreme Court of Iowa · 1896

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. State v. FordSupreme Court of Iowa · 1966
  2. State v. WrennSupreme Court of Iowa · 1922
  3. State v. MikeshSupreme Court of Iowa · 1939
  4. State v. BisantiSupreme Court of Iowa · 1943
  5. State v. DigginsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1939

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