Dimmick v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of California. The $30,000 alleged to have been stolen was taken from the vault of the mint between the annual settlement of June, 1900, at which,time there was no shortage, and the annual settlement made in June, 1901, when the loss was discovered.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of California. The $30,000 alleged to have been stolen was taken from the vault of the mint between the annual settlement of June, 1900, at which,time there was no shortage, and the annual settlement made in June, 1901, when the loss was discovered. The contention of the prosecution is that the money was stolen between February 5, 1901, and the 29th day of June, 1901. There were three trials of this case. On the first and second the jury disagreed; on the third, Dimmiek was convicted. The testimony upon the third…
1Opinion of the CourtHawley, District Judge
(after making the foregoing statement). ^ 1. One of the principal questions discussed by counsel for the plaintiff in error relates to the credibility of the respective witnesses, and the weight and effect of the testimony given by them. The case was submitted upon briefs, the greater portion of which is directed to these points. The contention of the plaintiff in error is that the testimony on behalf of the government is false, and totally unworthy of belief, and that the testimony of the plaintiff in error is true, and should be accepted and acted upon by the court. The argument of counsel…
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