State v. Carter

The defendant, Bennett Carter, was convict- j «d of the embezzlement of certain public mon- j ■ay under an indictment containing two counts. ■

The first count, which was drawn under section 6841,- Revised Statutes, alleges that the i defendant, being the clerk of the village of Madisonville, was charged with the collection, receipt, safe-keeping and transfer of certain ; assessments by virtue of an ordinance passed by the village council, and that he embezzled certain of these funds, “which said monies had then and there come into the possession and control of him, said Bennett Carter, by…