Farnham v. Thompson

The defendant is charged with the embezzlement and conversion of a large sum of money belonging to the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs having recovered in the action, the case has been. *23brought here upon a bill of exceptions, it being claimed that there was error in the charge of the court to the jury, and in the excluding of evidence. The defendant was the book-keeper and cashier of the plaintiffs, having the general charge of their office, and of the books of the firm. These books consisted of a day-book or blotter, a journal, and a ledger. The cash account was kept in the ledger, no separate…