Stone v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 30—INDICTMENT— 'APPEAL FROM DAVIESS CIRCUIT COURT. 1. Stone was not criminally liable under sec. 1202 Kentucky Statutes. 2. Where one under arrest confesses he is guilty as charged and he is charged with embezzling funds of the National Life Insurance Company, such confession is not competent evidence on trial under a subsequent indictment charging him with embezzling funds of the National Life Association. Gabriel v. State, 40 Ala., 357; Youra v. Territory, 29 Pac.
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Case 30—INDICTMENT— 'APPEAL FROM DAVIESS CIRCUIT COURT. 1. Stone was not criminally liable under sec. 1202 Kentucky Statutes. 2. Where one under arrest confesses he is guilty as charged and he is charged with embezzling funds of the National Life Insurance Company, such confession is not competent evidence on trial under a subsequent indictment charging him with embezzling funds of the National Life Association. Gabriel v. State, 40 Ala., 357; Youra v. Territory, 29 Pac. R., 894; State v. Cowen, 56 Kan., 470; Com. v. Call, 21 Pick, 515; s. e., 32 Am. Dec., 284; Com. v. Campbell, 155 Mass.,…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE HAZELB.IGG
delivered the opinion of the court.
The appellant was tried and convicted for embezzlement of the funds of the National Life Association of Hartford, Conn., under the following statute: ‘‘If any officer, agent, clerk or servant of any bank or corporation shall embezzle, or fraudulently convert to his own use or to the use of another, bullion, money, bank notes, or any effects or property belonging to such bank' or corporation or other corporation or any person, which shall have come to his possession or been placed in his care or under his management as such officer, agent,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Clark v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1895
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