Legal Opinion

People v. Westlake

California Supreme Court

Decided May 23, 1899No. Crim. No. 491PublishedCited by 21 opinions

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Monterey County and from an order denying a new trial. W. A. Dorn, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

COOPER, C.

The defendant was indicted hy the grand jury of Monterey county for the crime of embezzlement, charged to have been committed hy him while tax collector of said county. The charging part of the indictment is, “Did then and there, to wit, on said seventh day of July, 1897, and in the county of Monterey, fraudulently and feloniously, and not in the due and lawful execution of his trust, employment, and duty as aforesaid, convert, appropriate, and embezzle the said public moneys to his own use, contrary to the form,” et cetera. The amount of money alleged to have been so embezzled was…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. People v. GallagherCalifornia Supreme Court · 1893
  2. City of Santa Ana v. HarlinCalifornia Supreme Court · 1893
  3. People v. BushCalifornia Supreme Court · 1884
  4. People v. Wong Ah NgowCalifornia Supreme Court · 1880
  5. People v. CarrilloCalifornia Supreme Court · 1879

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Clarke v. ClarkeCalifornia Supreme Court · 1901
  2. Gibbons v. TerritoryCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1911
  3. People v. HowardCalifornia Supreme Court · 1904
  4. People v. SettlesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1938
  5. Lanigan v. NeelyCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1907

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