Legal Opinion
Woodruff v. United States
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Kansas
Decided November 29, 1893PublishedCited by 10 opinions
At Law. On writ of error to tbe district court. Trial of indictment against Frank Woodruff for embezzlement of postal-order funds.
1Opinion of the Court
CALDWELL, Circuit Judge.
Tlie plaintiff in error was assistant postmaster of tbe United States at Lawrence, Kan. He was indicted, tried, and convicted in the district court of the United States for the district of Kansas for embezzling money-order funds in violation of section 4046 of the Bevised Statutes of the United States, which reads as follows:
“Every postmaster, assistant, clerk, or other person employed in or connected with the business or operations oí any money-order office who converts to his own use, in any way whatever, or loans, or deposits in any bank, except as authorized by…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Reynolds v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Ex Parte LangeSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- In Re MillsSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Ex Parte KarstendickSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Egan v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1923
- Sorenson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1909
- Barrow v. United StatesDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1924
- Matchok v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1932
- United States v. HarmanDistrict Court, D. Kansas · 1895
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