Moore v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE' DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THB SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA. Plaintiff in error, late assistant postmaster of the city of Mobile, was indicted and convicted of embezzling certain moneys of tbe United States to the amount of $1652.59. There were four counts in the indictment, to one of which a demurrer was sustained, and upon two others defendant was acquitted.
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ERROR TO THE' DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THB SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA. Plaintiff in error, late assistant postmaster of the city of Mobile, was indicted and convicted of embezzling certain moneys of tbe United States to the amount of $1652.59. There were four counts in the indictment, to one of which a demurrer was sustained, and upon two others defendant was acquitted. The fourth count, upon which he was convicted, charged that “ the said George S. Moore, being then and there an assistant, clerk, or employé in or connected with the business or operations of the United States…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
Defendant was indicted under the first section of the act of March 3, 1875, “to punish certain larcenies, and the receivers of stolen goods,” 18 Stat. 179, which enacts “that any person who shall embezzle, steal, or purloin any money, property, record, voucher, or valuable thing whatever, of the moneys, goods, chattels, records, or property of the United States, shall be deemed guilty of felony,” etc.
The principal assignment of error is to the action of the court in overruling a demurrer to the fourth count of the indictment, which charges, in the words of the statute, that “ the said George…
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