Smedley v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 9'9. — tPBOISEOTTfflOINF ¡BY iCiOMMOSSHWElAIUTIH lAIOAINST JTIfiRlAWH iSBVDEJDaiiBY. Appeal from McCracken Circuit Court. Defendant convicted and appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
Judge Settle
Reversing.
The appellant was convicted in the court below of the crime of embezzlement and his punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of six years, nnder an indictment found by the grand jury of McCracken County.
It appears from the indictment that the moneys aggregating $750.00, he was charged to have em*770bezzled, belonged to tbe state and were received by him as clerk of tbe McCracken County Court from various persons owing them; that tbe sums thus received by appellant consisted of delinquent taxes, and taxes on mortgages, deeds and…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Moore v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1892
- Montgomery v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1889
- Bailey v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1908
- Commonwealth v. C. & O. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1908
- Commonwealth v. FisherCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1902
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- Sollars v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1957
- State v. DuncanSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1956
- State Journal Co. v. ReddingCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1917
- Poole v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1948
- Moffett v. StateOhio Court of Appeals · 1921