Territory of New Mexico v. Heacock
New Mexico Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Second Judicial District Court, Bernalillo county, convicting the defendant of embezzlement. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. The count for embezzlement, in the indictment, is verbatim the Wisconsin statute, with the exception of the mere verbal' substitution in our statute of the word “bulk” instead of “the mass.” R. S.,Wis. (2 Tay.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Second Judicial District Court, Bernalillo county, convicting the defendant of embezzlement. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. The count for embezzlement, in the indictment, is verbatim the Wisconsin statute, with the exception of the mere verbal' substitution in our statute of the word “bulk” instead of “the mass.” R. S.,Wis. (2 Tay. Stats. 1884), ch. 165, sec. 28. The supreme court of Wisconsin holds that their statute applies only to common carriers and others in like capacity carrying property for them, and persons who may be intrusted with…
1Opinion of the CourtLong, C. J.
This case is here on appeal by William C. Heacock, the defendant in the court below. There he was presented by indictment on a charge of embezzlement. The indictment reads as follows:-
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“In the district court, at the May term, A. D. 1886.
“The grand jurors of the territory of New Mexico, taken from the good and lawful men of the county of Bernalillo, of the territory of New Mexico aforesaid, duly elected, impaneled,sworn,and charged, attheterm aforesaid, to inquire in and for the county of Bernalillo aforesaid, upon their oaths do present, that William C. Heacock, late of the…
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