State v. Crosby
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from, Bowbon District Cowt. The defendant Crosby was charged by information with the crime of embezzlement. The information alleged that— “The said J. A. Crosby, in July 1875, being then the agent and in the employ of the Howe Machine Company, and being over sixteen years of age, and having in his possession, as agent of said Howe Machine Company, a great number of notes and accounts for collection, said notes and accounts being the property of said Howe Machine…
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Appeal from, Bowbon District Cowt. The defendant Crosby was charged by information with the crime of embezzlement. The information alleged that— “The said J. A. Crosby, in July 1875, being then the agent and in the employ of the Howe Machine Company, and being over sixteen years of age, and having in his possession, as agent of said Howe Machine Company, a great number of notes and accounts for collection, said notes and accounts being the property of said Howe Machine Company, did, by virtue of his said employment, and while so employed as said agent, collect, receive, and take into his…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Horton, C. J.:
The decisions of this court in the cases of The State v. Carmichael, 3 Kas, 102, and City of Olathe v. Adams, 15 Kas. 391, are decisive of the questions presented by the appellant. We repeat, what we have heretofore de*401cided, “We know of no authority in this court or in any other court, to set aside a verdict or finding of ‘not guilty/ in a criminal action. We think it is the universal opinion, both of bench and bar, that a verdict of ‘not guilty’ in a criminal action ends the case.” The counsel representing the appellant have not called…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- City of Olathe v. AdamsSupreme Court of Kansas · 1875
3Cited by2 opinions
- State v. AllenSupreme Court of Kansas · 1920
- City of Lyons v. WellmanSupreme Court of Kansas · 1896