State v. Ross
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: George H. Burnett, Judge. Statement by MR. Justice Eakin. This defendant, J. Thorburn Ross, is charged, by information, jointly with Geo. H. Hill, T. T. Burkhart, and John E. Aitchison, with the crime of larceny, committed in Multnomah County, Oregon, and upon change of venue the case was transferred to Marion County for trial.
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From Multnomah: George H. Burnett, Judge. Statement by MR. Justice Eakin. This defendant, J. Thorburn Ross, is charged, by information, jointly with Geo. H. Hill, T. T. Burkhart, and John E. Aitchison, with the crime of larceny, committed in Multnomah County, Oregon, and upon change of venue the case was transferred to Marion County for trial. The substance of the charge is that on the 9th day of September, 1907, the Title Guarantee & Trust Company (hereafter referred to as the “Trust Company”) was a corporation, carrying on a banking business of which the defendants were directors, and J. T.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Eakin
1. The statute (B. & C. Comp.) upon whiclathis prosecution is based provides: ____
“Sec. 1807. If any person shall receive any money whatever for this State * * or shall have in his possession any money whatever belonging to such State * * and shall in any way convert to his own use any portion thereof * * such person shall be deemed guilty of larceny. * * ”
The first question for consideration relates to the character of the deposits made by the State Treasurer with the Trust Company, whether they were general or special, *458and this depends on the terms of the statute of 1907, under which the…
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