United States v. Harper
United States Circuit Court
Indictment under Rev. St. U. S. § 5209. On charge to the jury. The defendant, Edward L. Harper, was vice-president and director of the Fidelity National Bank, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and was indicted for violation of section 5209, Rev. St. U. S. The indictment contained 57 counts, and charged the defendant with embezzlement, willful misapplication of three millions of the funds, assets, and credits of the bank, which were recklessly and unlawfully invested in margins and wheat…
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Indictment under Rev. St. U. S. § 5209. On charge to the jury. The defendant, Edward L. Harper, was vice-president and director of the Fidelity National Bank, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and was indicted for violation of section 5209, Rev. St. U. S. The indictment contained 57 counts, and charged the defendant with embezzlement, willful misapplication of three millions of the funds, assets, and credits of the bank, which were recklessly and unlawfully invested in margins and wheat options in Chicago; with causing falso and fraudulent entries to be made on the books of the bank; with issuing without…
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, J.,
(orally charging jury, Sage, J., concurring.) In order that you may be the bettor able to apply the facts established by the proof to the law governing- this case, it is proper that the court should first give you some brief explanation or definition of the several offenses with which the defendant stands charged, before referring to the testimony relating to the several transactions embraced in the indictment, on which the defendant, Edward L. Harper, is being tried. He is charged with having done various acts, and committed various offenses, as vice-president, director, or agent…
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