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was trick at the recent
reront that ne
Criminal Sefiions and convicted, by a Special Jury, of larceny and embrízzéément
as a sublic Officer,
as well as
on
the
minn counts of Converting to his own
2.
certain trust funds.
In the first day of the triak, M. Snowden, the acting chief Justice
intimated pretty clearly his oririon that: he did not in this matter, consider Stuffarm to be a public Officer, and he accordingly reserved the point for the decision of the full Court
Subsequently, after hearing the
Attorney General's
argument in support
of
the indictment, the Supreme Court decided
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that there
ground
doas m
embezzlement
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at that the accured was not
f
the
in this matter, a public Officer, and
that the minor Counts only were sustainable :- whereupon he was
centenced to seven yea
servitude
4.
years reune
This important judgment.
of the Court
was not unanimous,
as Mr. Justice Rupell walk that Huffam
Avas
ساز
all the Counts
public Officer and that
F
the indictment
should be sustained. W. Snowden,
however, being acting chief Justice, had a carting voice, and his opinion carried the judgment.