Commonwealth v. Junkin
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 411, Jan. T., 1895, by defendants, from judgment of Q. S. Perry Co., on verdict of guilty. Indictment for embezzlement under the act of May 9, 1889, P. L. 145. Before Bell, P. J., of the 24th judicial district, specially presiding. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 411, Jan. T., 1895, by defendants, from judgment of Q. S. Perry Co., on verdict of guilty. Indictment for embezzlement under the act of May 9, 1889, P. L. 145. Before Bell, P. J., of the 24th judicial district, specially presiding. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Defendants’ point, among others, was as follows: “ 16. If the jury believe from the evidence that Willis was ordered not to take deposits on the 24th of March, 1894, the day the money of Rice was taken, and if.the money was taken that it must be returned and it was returned, the verdict must be not…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Dean,
In September, 1866, the defendants entered into copartnership in the banking business at Bloomfield, Perry county, with three others, under the name of “ Perry County Bank,” capital, $30,000. In the year 1876, by death and retirement the number of partners was so reduced as to leave but these two defendants, who continued the business down to March 24,1894, when the bank closed its doors because of undisputed insolvency. The defendants, from the time the bank opened until it closed, were lawyers, actively engaged in the practice of their profession in Perry and…
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