Territory v. Awana

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

PETERS, C. J. (Perry, J., dissenting.)

The defendant was convicted of the crime of embezzlement. His exceptions include the following assignments of error: (1) That evidence of similar offenses was improperly admitted for the reasons (a) that a criminal intent is not a necessary ingredient of the offense charged in the indictment and (b) that the evidence did not show beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant was guilty of other offenses similar to that charged; (2) that if a criminal intent is a necessary ingredient of the offense charged the indictment is fatally…