Legal Opinion

State v. Carrick

Nevada Supreme Court

Decided April 15, 1881No. 1,060PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal from tbe District Court of tbe First Judicial District, Storey County. Tbe facts are stated in tbe opinion. I. Tbe indictment contains no sufficient description of tbe moneys alleged to bave been embezzled. (2 Bisb. Crim. Pr., secs. 703, 704; 2 Bisb.

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Appeal from tbe District Court of tbe First Judicial District, Storey County. Tbe facts are stated in tbe opinion. I. Tbe indictment contains no sufficient description of tbe moneys alleged to bave been embezzled. (2 Bisb. Crim. Pr., secs. 703, 704; 2 Bisb. Crim..Law, sec. 374; Rex v. Tyers, Buss. & By. 402; Ilex v. Flower, -5 Barn. & Cress. 738; Rex v. Furneaux, Buss. & By. 335; Slate v. Murphy, 6 Ala. 845; People v. Cox, 40 Cal. 275; States.Iiroeger, 47 Mo. 530; State v. Stimson, 4 Zab. 9.) IT. Tbe evidence should bave established an embezzlement of some sum of money, received by defendant…

1Opinion of the Court

By the Court,

Hawley, J. :

Appellant was county treasurer of Storey county from the sixth day of January, A. D. 1879, up to and including the thirtieth day of October, 1880. He was subsequently indicted, tried, and convicted, for the crime of embezzlement, for unlawfully, willfully, and feloniously converting to his own use twenty-one thousand nine hundred and forty dollars and ninety-one.cents of the public money, intrusted to his safe keeping, transfer, and disbursement, as county treasurer, alleged to have been committed on the thirtieth day of October, 1880, and before the finding of the…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. People v. McKinneyMichigan Supreme Court · 1862
  2. Stewart v. PeopleMichigan Supreme Court · 1871
  3. State v. McClearNevada Supreme Court · 1876
  4. State v. BruceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1878
  5. State v. MunchSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1875

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3Cited by11 opinions

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  2. State v. JonNevada Supreme Court · 1923
  3. State v. HaworthUtah Supreme Court · 1902
  4. Sigsbee v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1901
  5. State v. BoudreauNevada Supreme Court · 1950

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