McGough v. State

SCHWARTZ, ALAN R., Associate Judge.

“White collar crimes” are notoriously hard to prove. White collar thieves often concoct and employ clever schemes by which they enrich themselves at the expense of their employers or of members of the public. Very often, they themselves maintain control over books and records which might, if honestly kept, reveal their crimes. Very seldom are such crimes committed on the courthouse steps, with eyewitnesses and physical evidence — • in a word, “direct” evidence — readily available. Thus, circumstantial evidence, with the attendant difficulties of proof which…