State v. Knowles
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jasper Circuit Court. — Now. Jos. D. Perkins, Judge. (1) (a) The indictment failed to properly allege the ownership of the property charged to have been embezzled. It did not allege the ownership in a corporation, or in a company, or in an individual or individuals, in any manner recognized as sufficient under the law. In passing on this question the rule of strict construction prevails.
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Appeal from Jasper Circuit Court. — Now. Jos. D. Perkins, Judge. (1) (a) The indictment failed to properly allege the ownership of the property charged to have been embezzled. It did not allege the ownership in a corporation, or in a company, or in an individual or individuals, in any manner recognized as sufficient under the law. In passing on this question the rule of strict construction prevails. State v. Hall, 126 Mo. 585; State v. Patterson, 159 Mo. 98. It is necessary to allege the names of the copartners, if the company is a firm, or voluntary association; or state the corporation, if…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, P. J.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Jasper county, Missouri, sentencing the defendant to the penitentiary for a term of two years from the second day of December, 1902.
The defendant was indicted for embezzlement. The indictment was returned into court on the fifteenth day of'December, 1900, and is as follows:
“State of Missouri, county of Jasper, ss.:
“In the Jasper County Circuit Court, December term, 1900.
*151“The grand jnrors for the State of Missouri impaneled, sworn and charged to inquire within and for the body of the county of Jasper and State aforesaid, upon their…
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