Burke v. State

This appeal is from a judgment of the Hamilton Criminal Court upon a conviction, July 14, 1927, of fraudulent breach of trust. The indictment found at the September Term, 1921, contained counts charging, (1) fraudulent appropriation of 15 Grand Trunk Railway' of Canada Bonds, par value $15,000. (2) Fraudulent appropriation of the proceeds of the bonds. (3) Larceny of the bonds, and (4), their embezzlement. The embezzlement count was dismissed. The jury reported a verdict of not guilty upon the larceny count, and convicted upon the first and second counts.

The facts, presented by the State,…