Ireland v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Arkansas Circuit Court; Bugene Lankford, Judge; statement by THE COURT. The appellant was indicted by the grand jury of Arkansas County, and was tried and convicted; the indictment (formal parts omitted) being as follows: “1. The grand jury of Arkansas County, in the name and by the authority of the State of Arkansas, accuse Joseph Ireland, of the crime of embezzlement, committed as follows, towit: The said Joseph Ireland, in the county and State aforesaid, on…
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Appeal from Arkansas Circuit Court; Bugene Lankford, Judge; statement by THE COURT. The appellant was indicted by the grand jury of Arkansas County, and was tried and convicted; the indictment (formal parts omitted) being as follows: “1. The grand jury of Arkansas County, in the name and by the authority of the State of Arkansas, accuse Joseph Ireland, of the crime of embezzlement, committed as follows, towit: The said Joseph Ireland, in the county and State aforesaid, on the first day of June, A. D. 1908, then and there being the duly elected treasurer of Arkansas County, Arkansas, and…
1Opinion of the Court
Kirby, J.,
(after stating the facts). It is contended that there was not sufficient description of the public funds alleged to have been embezzled, nor allegation of the ownership thereof. This charge was -preferred under the act of 1891, as amended in 1903 (section 1990, Kirby’s Digest).
Section 1994 provides that in prosecutions under this act “it shall not be necessary for any indictment found * * * to- particularly describe the kind or denomination, or date, or number of the funds, * * * but it shall be sufficient to describe them in general terms.”
Section 1993 defines “public funds” as…
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