Hays v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for embezzlement. Before Judge littlejohnl Sumter superior court. May term, 1901. The indictment charged E. L. Hays with “the offense of embezzlement; for that the said E. L. Hays, on the 28th day of August, 1900, in the county aforesaid, did then and there, unlawfully and with force and arms, being then and there in the employment of the Whitley Gro.
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Indictment for embezzlement. Before Judge littlejohnl Sumter superior court. May term, 1901. The indictment charged E. L. Hays with “the offense of embezzlement; for that the said E. L. Hays, on the 28th day of August, 1900, in the county aforesaid, did then and there, unlawfully and with force and arms, being then and there in the employment of the Whitley Gro. Company, a corporation chartered under the laws-of Georgia, whose principal office and place of business was and is-located in the city of Americus, said State and county, and being then and there so employed by said corporation as a…
1Opinion of the CourtFish, J.
E. L. Hays was convicted of embezzlement. He excepted to the overruling of a demurrer to the indictment, and to the judgment overruling a motion for a new trial. The indictment and demurrer are set out in the reporter’s statement.
1. There was no error in overruling the demurrer upon the general ground, as the indictment unquestionably charged the accused with the commission of the offense of embezzlement under section 188 of the Penal Code. There is no merit in the special ground of the demurrer, that the indictment does not charge that the accused *28was employed in any department, station, or…
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