Fuller v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal Law. Embezzlement. Tax. Officers. Before Judge Estes. Habersham Superior Court. March Term, 1884. Fuller, the tax collector, was tried on a presentment for embezzlement of money belonging to the county of Haber-sham for taxes of 1882. The evidence showed, in brief, as-follows: The defendant was short in his accounts as tax collector $1,948.22, less his commissions.
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Criminal Law. Embezzlement. Tax. Officers. Before Judge Estes. Habersham Superior Court. March Term, 1884. Fuller, the tax collector, was tried on a presentment for embezzlement of money belonging to the county of Haber-sham for taxes of 1882. The evidence showed, in brief, as-follows: The defendant was short in his accounts as tax collector $1,948.22, less his commissions. He admitted this in September, 1882, and said that if the grand jury would give him until the next week, he would be prepared to settle-; they found no money in his hands, and on asking if the amount was due from tax…
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Chief Justice.
The defendant, the tax collector of Habersham county, was presented by the grand jury for the offense of embezzlement, in that he had collected taxes due the county in money, and had appropriated the same to his own use. On the issue of his guilt or innocence of this crime, the jury found him guilty. Thereupon he made a motion for a new trial; it was overruled, and he excepted.
The grounds of the motion are as follows in substance: First, that the verdict is contrary to law, and without evidence to support it; and secopdly, that the court erred in charging to the effect…
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