United States v. Camp
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from District Court, Ada County. . Norman H.Camp was convicted of embezzling government money intrusted to him as assayer, and appeals. The burden of proof rested upon plaintiff to show every single circumstance essential to the conclusion that defendant was guilty. {Sumner v. State, 5 Blackf. 579, 36 Am. Dec. 561; Commonwealth v. Webster, 5 Cush. 295, 52 Am.
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APPEAL from District Court, Ada County. . Norman H.Camp was convicted of embezzling government money intrusted to him as assayer, and appeals. The burden of proof rested upon plaintiff to show every single circumstance essential to the conclusion that defendant was guilty. {Sumner v. State, 5 Blackf. 579, 36 Am. Dec. 561; Commonwealth v. Webster, 5 Cush. 295, 52 Am. Dec. 711; 1 Starkie on Evidence, 571.) And the burden of proof never shifts. {Commonwealth v. McKie, 1 Gray, 61, 61 Am. Dec. 410; Commonwealth v. Eddy, 7 Gray, 583; State v. Jones, 50 N. H. 370, 9 Am. Eep. 242; People v. Garbutt,…
1Opinion of the CourtBuck, J.
The defendant was indicted, tried, and convicted at the December term, 1885, of the district court in and for Ada county, second judicial district, for the crime of embezzlement of $12,306.36 government money, intrusted to him as assayer at the Boise City assay office, Idaho territory. The evidence establishes the following facts, which are admitted: That defendant took charge of said office on or about June 1, 1883, and was last in charge of the same April 14, 1885. On April 14, 1885, there should have been a balance of $24,119.78 in his possession of government money received by him during…
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