People v. Comstock

The defendant was convicted upon a charge that he had violated section 58 of the general banking law, being 3 How. Stat. § 3208/7, which reads as follows:

“Seo. 58. Every president, director, cashier, treasurer, teller, clerk, or agent of any bank, who embezzles, abstracts, or willfully misapplies any of the moneys, funds, credits, or property of the bank, whether owned by it or held in trust, or who, without authority of the directors, issues or puts forth any certificate of deposit, draws any order or bill of exchange, makes any acceptance, assigns any note, bond, draft, bill of exchange,…