State v. . Lanier
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INDICTMENT for embezzlement- tried at February Term, 1883, of New Hanover Criminal Court, before Meares, J. The jurors, &c., present that Jere Lanier, &c., on the 17th day of September, 1882, with force and arms, &c., being then and there employed as a servant to Addie P. McClammy, by virtue of his said employment, did then and there and whilst employed as aforesaid, receive and take into his possession certain money, to a large amount, to-wit, to the amount of seven dollars…
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INDICTMENT for embezzlement- tried at February Term, 1883, of New Hanover Criminal Court, before Meares, J. The jurors, &c., present that Jere Lanier, &c., on the 17th day of September, 1882, with force and arms, &c., being then and there employed as a servant to Addie P. McClammy, by virtue of his said employment, did then and there and whilst employed as aforesaid, receive and take into his possession certain money, to a large amount, to-wit, to the amount of seven dollars and fifty cents, for and in the name of, and on the account of the said McClammy, his mistress and employer, and the…
1Opinion of the CourtAshe, J.
There are two statutes in this state upon the subject of embezzlement. The one is to be found in Battle’s Revi-sal, ch. 32, § 16, where the offence is made a misdemeanor, and the other, in section 136 of the same chapter, where it is made a felony. The latter is the act of 1871-’72, ch. 145, § 1, and in the following words:
“If any officer, agent, clerk or servant of any corporation, or any clerk, agent or servant of any person or corporation (except apprentices and other persons under the'age of sixteen years) shall embezzle or fraudulently convert to his own use, or shall take, make way…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. HeatonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1879
3Cited by16 opinions
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- State v. . DownsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1895
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