Henry v. United States
District Court, District of Columbia
Appeal from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. John William Henry was convicted of embezzlement and appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
SMYTH, Chief Justice.
From a judgment sentencing him to a term of six years in the penitentiary for embezzling as an agent four certificates of stock valued at $4,000, Henry appeals.
At the time of the transaction complained of Henry and one Wood-ruff were copartners, engaged in the banking and brokerage business in Washington under the name of Lewis Johnson & Co. One certificate for two shares of stock belonging to John Helmus, and three certificates, representing 18 shares owned by his mother, were delivered by Helmus to the copartnership at its banking house for the purpose of being sold for…
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