United States v. Martin
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
Indictment against the defendants [James D. Martin and Alexander C. Felton] for conspiring together to abstract from the National Hide & Leather Bank, of Boston, funds belonging to the bank. The indictment was drawn on section 30 of the act of congress approved March 2. 1867 (14 Stat. 484), and on section 55 of the act of congress approved June 3, 1864 (13 Stat. 116). Martin was cashier of the bank: Felton was not an officer of any bank.
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Indictment against the defendants [James D. Martin and Alexander C. Felton] for conspiring together to abstract from the National Hide & Leather Bank, of Boston, funds belonging to the bank. The indictment was drawn on section 30 of the act of congress approved March 2. 1867 (14 Stat. 484), and on section 55 of the act of congress approved June 3, 1864 (13 Stat. 116). Martin was cashier of the bank: Felton was not an officer of any bank. Felton demurred to the indictment upon the ground that two persons could not be guilty of a conspiracy to commit an of-fence against the authority of the…
1Opinion of the Court
CLIFFORD, Circuit Justice.
Authority to form associations for carrying on the business of banking, subject to certain conditions and regulations, is conferred by the act of congress entitled “An act to provide a national currency,” and the same act provides to the effect that every officer or agent of any such association, who shall embezzle, abstract, or wilfully misapply any of the moneys, funds, or credits of the association, or do any other of the prohibited acts enumerated in the same section, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as…
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