R v John Murray
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 01 January 1830 |
| Date | 01 January 1830 |
| Court | High Court of Chancery |
English Reports Citation: 168 E.R. 1270
LINCOLN'S INN
S C. 5 C & P 145 n; 1 Nev. & M M C. 289 n. Distinguished, R v. Masters, 1848, 2 Car & Kir. 930 Considered, R v. Hawkins, 1850, 4 Cox C C 224; R v. Watts, 1850, 2 Den. 14, R v Cooke, 1871, 40 L J M C 68 Referred to, R v Robinson, 1840, 4 J P. 620, R v Murphy, 1850, 4 Cox C C 101; R v Gill, 1854, 6 Cox C. C. 295.
[276] 1830 Rex v john murray (If the property embezzled by a clerk, &c has been in the possession of the master or of any of his other servants, the case is not within the statute 7 & 8 Geo. [V c 29, s. 47.) [S C. 5 C & P 145 n ; 1 Nev. & M M C. 289 n. Distinguished, R v. Masters, 1848, 2 Car & Kir. 930 Considered, R v. Hawkins, 1850, 4 Cox C C 224 ; R v. Watts, 1850, 2 Den. 14 , R v Cooke, 1871, 40 L J M C 68 Referred to, R v Robinson, 1840, 4 J P. 620 , R v Murphy, 1850, 4 Cox C C 101 ; R v Gill, 1854, 6 Cox C. C. 295.] The prisoner was tried before T Denman, Esq. Common Serjeant, at the Old Bailey sessions in June 1830 The indictment stated that the prisoner, being a clerk in the employ of A , did, by virtue of such employment, receive and take into his possession the sum of £3 for and on account of the said master, and did afterwards fraudulently and feloniously embezzle 10s part of the sum above mentioned , and so the jurors say that the prisoner did feloniously steal, take, and carry away from the said A the said sum of 10s of the monies of the said A The prisoner was proved to be a clerk in the employ of A : he received from another clerk £3 of A 's money that he might pay (among other things) for inserting an advertisement in the Gazette the prisoner...
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