Commonwealth v. Este
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Indictment in three counts. The first count charged the defendant, on September 26, 1882, being then the treasurer of the town of Southborough, with the embezzlement of $2000, the property of said town.
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Indictment in three counts. The first count charged the defendant, on September 26, 1882, being then the treasurer of the town of Southborough, with the embezzlement of $2000, the property of said town. The second count charged a similar embezzlement, on the day mentioned in the first count, of $485. The third count charged a similar embezzlement, on September 23,1881, of $1800. Trial in the Superior Court, before Bacon, J., who allowed a bill of exceptions, in substance as follows: The government offered evidence tending to show that, by the records of the town, it appeared that the…
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, J.
The evidence of the defendant’s embezzlement may be summed up in a few words as follows. While treasurer of the town of Southborough, he made two notes in authorized form, and applied a large portion of their proceeds to payment of interest due from the town to the State. In his accounts with the town, he credited himself with the payments so made, but did not charge himself with the notes, or with any part of their proceeds. ' The exceptions do not disclose whether there was evidence how his balance stood at the time of the earlier of these transactions; but, at the time of the later, his…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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