Commonwealth v. Kleckner
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 116, Oct. T., 1910, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Lehigh Co., April Term, 1910, No. 37, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. Levi H. Kleckner. Indictment for embezzlement. Before Trexler, P. J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case.
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Appeal, No. 116, Oct. T., 1910, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Lehigh Co., April Term, 1910, No. 37, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. Levi H. Kleckner. Indictment for embezzlement. Before Trexler, P. J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. Verdict of guilty, upon which the defendant was sentenced to pay a fine of $260, restore property due, pay the cost of prosecution, and undergo imprisonment in the county prison for the term of one year and six months. Error assigned among others was in refusing binding instructions for defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Beavek, J.,
The defendant was charged in an indictment containing four counts, with:
First. Within the jurisdiction of the court, etc., “being then and there an agent and being then and there in the employment of and acting for one, Ida C. Seagreaves, and being then and there, by virtue of his said business as agent in the employment of and acting for the said Ida C. Seagreaves intrusted with for safe custody, certain property, to wit, two thousand dollars, which the said Levi H. Kleckner received into his possession, custody and control, for and on behalf of the said Ida C.…
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