State v. O'Brien
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM HAMILTON. Appeal from Circuit Court of Hamilton County. John A. Moon, J.
1Opinion of the CourtW. D. BeaRD, J.
The defendant was indicted for embezzlement. He was the Supreme Treasurer of the Supreme Council of the Catholic Knights of America, a corporation, organized under the laws of Kentucky, but doing business in Tennessee. It is charged in the indictment, that, while acting in this official capacity, he collected in Hamilton County, in this State, the sum of $75,000 for his principal, and that he had “unlawfully, fraudulently, and feloniously, and with the intent to defraud and deprive the true owners thereof,” appropriated and converted this sum to his own use.
After a number of continuances, the…
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