State v. Mims
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for McLeod county, Macdonald, J., presiding, overruling his demurrer to an indictment accusing him “of the crime of •embezzlement of money entrusted to him, ” and charging “that .at Glencoe in the county of McLeod, state of Minnesota, on fhe 18th day of July, A. D. 1877, the said Charles E. Mims was by one Martin Eenz entrusted with and had in his possession, custody and control, a large sum of money, to wit, the sum of…
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Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for McLeod county, Macdonald, J., presiding, overruling his demurrer to an indictment accusing him “of the crime of •embezzlement of money entrusted to him, ” and charging “that .at Glencoe in the county of McLeod, state of Minnesota, on fhe 18th day of July, A. D. 1877, the said Charles E. Mims was by one Martin Eenz entrusted with and had in his possession, custody and control, a large sum of money, to wit, the sum of $825, for the purpose of sending and delivering the same to one J. E. Bell, in the city of Minneapolis in said state,…
1Opinion of the CourtCornell, J.
It is conceded by the attorney-general that, this indictment was drawn under Gen. St. c. 95, § 24, and that it cannot be sustained if the principle upon which th& case of Com. v. Williams, 3 Gray, 461, was decided, is to be-followed by this court. In that case the defendant was indicted for embezzling bank-bills which he received from the-owner to keep for him till the following morning, but which he refused to deliver up, and fraudulently converted to his-own use; and the indictment was attempted to be sustained upon a statute identical in terms with the one in question. It was held that it…
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