Blandford v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Travis. Tried below before J. H. Burts, Esq., Special Judge. On October 12, 1880, the grand jury of Travis county presented an indictment which charged that the appellant, on September 4, 1879, was the secretary of the Austin Home Building and Loan Association, an incorporated company, and as such was in possession of $5,100, currency of the United States and the property of said Association; and that he “did then and there; with intent to…
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Appeal from the District Court of Travis. Tried below before J. H. Burts, Esq., Special Judge. On October 12, 1880, the grand jury of Travis county presented an indictment which charged that the appellant, on September 4, 1879, was the secretary of the Austin Home Building and Loan Association, an incorporated company, and as such was in possession of $5,100, currency of the United States and the property of said Association; and that he “did then and there; with intent to defraud, unlawfully and fraudulently embezzle and fraudulently misapply and convert said'money to his, the said…
1Opinion of the CourtHurt, J.
Blandford was extradited from the Republic of Mexico upon a charge of theft. Before the arrest of the appellant in Mexico under and by virtue of the extradition papers, the grand jury of Travis county presented in the District Court a bill pf indictment against him for the embezzlement of fifty-one hundred dollars. He was placed upon trial upon this bill charging him with embezzlement; to which he pleaded in substance, that the court, by reason of the fact that he had not been extradited for this offense, had no right to compel him to answer thereto. This plea was very full, setting out not…
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