United States v. Britton
Supreme Court of the United States
Certificate of division in opinion between the judges of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri.
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Certificate of division in opinion between the judges of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri. Section 5209 of the Revised Statutes of the United States is as follows: — “Every president, director, cashier, teller, clerk, or agent of any” national banking “association who embezzles, abstracts, or wilfully misapplies any of the moneys, funds, or credits of the association; or who, without authority from the directors, issues or puts in circulation any of the notes of the association ; or who, without such authority, issues or puts forth any certificate of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Woods
In passing upon the questions certified to us by the Circuit Court, it will be convenient to follow the order in which they have been argued by counsel, rather than that in which they are presented by the certificate.
The section of the Revised Statutes upon which the indictment is based creates and describes certain offences, and expressly denominates them misdemeanors. In United States v. Mills, 7 Pet. 138, 142, it was said by this court that “ the general rule is that in indictments for misdemeanors created by statute, it.is sufficient to charge the offence in the words of the statute.…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- United States v. CookSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- United States v. SimmonsSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- United States v. MillsSupreme Court of the United States · 1833
- Mix v. WoodwardSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1837
- State v. BarkerSupreme Court of Vermont · 1846
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- Claassen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- United States v. S. Lawrence Kahn, Arthur B. Sachs and M. Prial CurranCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1967
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