Legal Opinion

State v. Picton

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided March 7, 1899No. 13,056PublishedCited by 20 opinions

ON APPEAL from the Crimianl District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Baker, J.

1Opinion of the Court

The.opinion of the court was delivered by

Blanchard, J.

From a conviction for embezzlement and a sentence-of eighteen months at hard labor, defendant appeals.. At the time of the commission of the offense with which' he igcharged, the accused was rate clerk of the Southern Pacific Railway-Company.

As such it was part of his duty to receive money for freight sent' over the lines of the company prepaid, and the averment of the bill' of information is that he embezzled certain funds so received, placing; the amount at seven dollars and thirty-nine cents.

*625He relies for reversal upon what is claimed…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Covington v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1887
  2. People v. PartonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1875
  3. Prople v. Le RoyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1884
  4. McLain v. StateNebraska Supreme Court · 1885
  5. Andrus v. SmithCalifornia Supreme Court · 1901

3Cited by20 opinions

  1. State v. AndrusSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1967
  2. Lawrence v. StateArizona Supreme Court · 1925
  3. State v. MattioSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1947
  4. State v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1949
  5. State v. SharbinoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1940

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