CO129-182 - Governor Hennessy - 1878 [9-12] — Page 304

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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

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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.