United States v. Breese
District Court, W.D. North Carolina
Indictment under Rev. St. § 5209 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3497]. On charge to the jury. > The defendant, William E. Breese, was president and director of the First National Bank of Asheville, N. C., and was indicted for violation of section 5209, Rev. St. The indictment contained 66 counts, and charged the defendant with embezzlement, abstraction, and willful misapplication of the moneys, funds, and credits of the bank.
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Indictment under Rev. St. § 5209 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3497]. On charge to the jury. > The defendant, William E. Breese, was president and director of the First National Bank of Asheville, N. C., and was indicted for violation of section 5209, Rev. St. The indictment contained 66 counts, and charged the defendant with embezzlement, abstraction, and willful misapplication of the moneys, funds, and credits of the bank. Defendant was found guilty of abstraction and willful misapplication.
1Opinion of the CourtKedeer, District Judge
(orally charging jury). Gentlemen of the jury, when I assumed the position that I now hold, I took upon myself a solemn obligation to the effect that I would administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich, and that I would faithfully and impartially discharge all the duties incumbent upon me, according to the best of my ability and understanding, agreeably to the Constitution and laws of the Únited States. It is with a reverent spirit, and with the idea of fulfilling that obligation to the best of my ability, that I approach this last and most…
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