Smedley v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASH 1. — PROSECUTION AGAINST HIRAM SMEDLEY FOR EMBEZZLEMENT. — Appeal from McCracken Circuit Court. W. M. Reed, Circuit Judge. Defendant convicted and appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Judge Hobson
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, under an indictment found by the grand jury of McCracken county. It appears from the indictment that the moneys, aggregating $750, he was charged to have embezzled, belonged to the state, and were received by him as clerk of the McCracken county court from various persons owing them; that the 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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3Cited by17 opinions
- People v. ZabijakMichigan Supreme Court · 1938
- Jewell v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1977
- Sollars v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1957
- Commonwealth v. GoldburgCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1915
- Schleeter v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1927
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