State v. Thomson
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court-. — Hon. Jacob Klein, Judge. (1) No evidence was offered on the part of the State tending to show that defendant, Thomson, was a person over the age of sixteen at the time of the alleged embezzlement, as charged in the indictment, although the court instructs the jury that they must believe and find from the evidence that the defendant at the time of its employment of agent was not a person under the age of sixteen years.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court-. — Hon. Jacob Klein, Judge. (1) No evidence was offered on the part of the State tending to show that defendant, Thomson, was a person over the age of sixteen at the time of the alleged embezzlement, as charged in the indictment, although the court instructs the jury that they must believe and find from the evidence that the defendant at the time of its employment of agent was not a person under the age of sixteen years. (2) The evidence shows that Thomson was short to the extent of two hundred and eighty-nine dollars, and when ascertained, the…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, P. J.
At the October term, 1898, of the circuit court of the city of St. Louis, an indictment was found against the defendant charging h‘im with the embezzlement of $289 from the William Barr Dry Goods Company, a business corporation.
The defendant was duly arraigned and entered his plea of not guilty.
The evidence disclosed these facts:
The defendant graduated in law at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He was bom at West Bay City, Michigan, where his parents resided at the time of the commission of the alleged offense. After receiving his diploma at the law school he went to Chicago, where he…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. HornSupreme Court of Missouri · 1893
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