Legal Opinion

State v. Van Kuran

Utah Supreme Court

Decided June 4, 1902No. 1360PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from tbe Third District Court, Salt Lake County.— Hon. 8. W. Stewart^ Judge. The defendant was prosecuted for, and convicted of, the crime of embezzlement. Dpon being sentenced to imprisonment in the State prison, he appealed. Clearly there was error in the charge of the court upon the subject of character and in the refusal to give the instructions requested by the defendant.

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Appeal from tbe Third District Court, Salt Lake County.— Hon. 8. W. Stewart^ Judge. The defendant was prosecuted for, and convicted of, the crime of embezzlement. Dpon being sentenced to imprisonment in the State prison, he appealed. Clearly there was error in the charge of the court upon the subject of character and in the refusal to give the instructions requested by the defendant. State v. Blue, 17 Dtah 183; People v. Doggett, 62 Cal. 27; People v. Shepardson, 49 Cal. 631; People v. Hancock, 7 TJtah 177-8; Fields v. State, 11 Am. Eep. 771; Springfield v. State, 38 Am. St. 91; 5 Am. and…

1Opinion of the CourtBartch, J.

The defendant was prosecuted for, and convicted of, the crime of embezzlement. Upon being sentenced to imprisonment in the State prison, he appealed to this court, claiming that his conviction was not lawful, and that a new trial ought to be granted. Erom the record it appears that he was charged with unlawfully, feloniously, and fraudulently appropriating and embezzling $8,000 of money belonging to the Oregon Short Line Railroad Company, a corporation, on February 8, 1901; he, as is averred, having been intrusted with the money as the local treasurer of that company. Erom the evidence, among…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. People v. GarbuttMichigan Supreme Court · 1868
  2. Commonwealth v. ClearySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1890
  3. Springfield v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1892
  4. People v. DoggettCalifornia Supreme Court · 1882
  5. People v. ShepardsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1875

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. State v. McGreeveyIdaho Supreme Court · 1909
  2. Singh v. StateArizona Supreme Court · 1929
  3. Cannon v. TerritoryCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1909
  4. State v. JonesMontana Supreme Court · 1905
  5. State v. BrownUtah Supreme Court · 1911

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