Weinhandler v. United States

MANTON, Circuit Judge.

The indictment 'consists of 24 counts; 8 counts charge embezzlement of army blankets; 8 counts, embezzlement of the proceeds of the sale of the same blankets; and 8 counts charge grand larceny. The last 8 counts were dismissed, and the court submitted the issues to the jury as to the 16 counts. The jury acquitted the plaintiff in error of the counts charging embezzlement of the blankets and convicted him on the other 8 counts, finding him guilty of embezzlement of the proceeds of the sale of the same blankets.

The plaintiff in erx'or was a captain of the Field Artillery…