State v. Rapley
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Garland Circuit Court. Alexander M. Dueeie, Judge. The indictment charges but one offense, embezzlement. It appears on its face that but one offense is charged, although there are three counts, which differ only in the description of the manner and means by which the offense was committed.
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Appeal from Garland Circuit Court. Alexander M. Dueeie, Judge. The indictment charges but one offense, embezzlement. It appears on its face that but one offense is charged, although there are three counts, which differ only in the description of the manner and means by which the offense was committed. There was no occasion for an election. 50 Ark. 313 ; 45 id. 64; 32 id. 203 ; 38 id. 555. ' 1. The indictment is not good under sec. 1715, Sand. & Hill’s Digest, because it does not allege that defendant failed or omitted to pay over the amount found due by him upon settlement. 34 Ark. 562 ; 48…
1Opinion of the CourtBunn, C. J.
The appellee was indicted, at the September term A. D. 1893, of the Garland circuit court, for the crime of embezzlement as follows, to-wit:
1. “The said B. D. Rapley, in the county and State aforesaid, on the first day of April, 1893, being then and there the duly elected and acting city treasurer of the city of Hot Springs, a city of the first class in said county of Garland, duly created according to law, and having taken an oath of office as such city treasurer, and having then and there the custody and possession as such city treasurer, by virtue of his said office, of a large amount of…
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