State v. Carkin

Pleading. Indictment. Embezzlement. B. 8., c. 120, § 7. An indictment for embezzlement is insufficient which simply charges'that the defendant did by virtue of his office and employment have, receive and take into his possession certain money to a large amount ; and does not charge that the defendant embezzled or fraudulently converted such money, or any money, to his own use. Such a material omission in an indictment that fails to express the gravamen of the crime of embezzlement can not be supplied by intendment.

On Exceptions by Dependant. An indictment for embezzlement, to - which the defendant demurred. The demurrer was overruled and the defendant excepted. INDICTMENT. State op Maine. Knox ss. At the Supreme Judicial Court, begun and holden at Rockland within and for the County of Knox, on the second Tuesday of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two. The Grand Jurors for said State upon their oath present, that Frank E Carkin of Appleton in the said County of Knox, on the first day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven at Appleton in said County of Knox, being then and there an officer to wit: the treasurer and collector of the town of Appleton, aforesaid, the said town of Appleton being then and there a municipal corporation duly and legally organized and established, under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Maine, the said Frank E. Carkin not being then and there an apprentice to the said town of Appleton, a municipal corporation organized and established as aforesaid, nor a person under the age of sixteen years, did then and there by virtue of his said office and employment, have, receive and take into his possession certain money, to a large amount, to wit, to the amount of thirteen hundred and sixty-five dollars and of the value of thirteen hundred and sixty-five dollars of the property and money of the said town of Appleton, a municipal corporation organized and established as aforesaid, the said Frank E. Carkin’s said employe)-; whereby and by force of the statute in such case made and provided the said Frank E. Carkin is deemed to. have committed the crime of larceny. And so the jurors aforesaid upon their oath aforesaid, do present and say, that the said Frank E. Carkin then and there in manner and form aforesaid, the said money of the property of the said town of Appleton, a municipal corporation organized as aforesaid, the said Frank E. Carkin’s said employer, from the said town of Appleton a municipal corporation organized as aforesaid, feloniously did steal, take and carry away, against the peace of said State and contrary to the form of the statute in such case made and provided. The jurors for said State upon their oath do further present, that Frank E. Carkin of Appleton in said County of Knox, on the first day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, at Appleton in said County of Knox, was then and there an officer, to wit: the treasurer and collector of the town of Appleton, said town of Appleton then and there being a municipal corporation incorporated and duly and legally established and organized and existing as a municipal corporation under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Maine, he the said Frank E. Carkin not being then and there an apprentice to the said town of Appleton, nor a person undo- the age of sixteen years, did then and there by virtue of his said office as treasurer as aforesaid, and while he continued and was employed in his said office as treasurer as aforesaid, have receive and take into his possession certain money to a large amount, to wit, to the amount of thirteen hundred and seventy-five dollars, and of the value of thirteen hundred and seventy-five dollars, of the goods, property and money of the said town of Appleton, then and there unlawfully, fraudulently and feloniously did embezzle and convert to his own use, without the consent of the said town of Appleton, Whereby and by force of. the statute in such case made and provided, the said Frank E. Carkin is deemed to have committed the crime of larceny. And so the jurors aforesaid upon their oath aforesaid do present and say that the said Frank E. Carkin on said first day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, at Appleton aforesaid in the County of Knox aforesaid, in manner and form aforesaid, the said money the property of the said town of Appleton, from the said town of Appleton, feloniously did steal, take and carry away, ■ against the peace of said state and contrary to the form of the statute in such case made and provided.