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C 1.
Of Embezzlement.
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Embezzlement defined.
Embezzlement is where a man is concerned (A) in
keeping (B) any thing (C) that possesses a value (D) worth regarding: (E)
knowing (F) that it possesses such a value, and that he has no
right (G) to be concerned in keeping it; and intending to con
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of a (H) it to his own purposes use, and not to be amenable (I) to Laws
Exposition.
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See Tit: [Theft]. throughout. Embezzlement differs
nothing from Theft, except that in Theft the thing
Punishment
Punishment. is taken; in Embezzlement kept. In Theft the original act of taking
must be unlawful: in Embezzlement, a not
The Punishment is the same as in Theft — which See.
whether the act of taking Lawful or unlawful or not,
Aggravations
Aggravations. so as the act of keeping be, unlawful, it matters not whether
The Aggravations with their respective punishments are
the act of taking were lawful so or not.
the same as in Theft which See.
Excuses.
Excuses. Are the same as in Theft — which See.
[(1) Amenable] The signs It is a sign of a man's not intending
to be amenable for keeping a thing if he
endeavours either to have it prevent his it's being known
to have that he ever received it, or to cause it to be thought
that he has returned it, or otherwise disposed of it that it has in any other
manner been so disposed of as, that he is not bound
to make good either the whole or any part of it's it's value or
to any one else it's value, or such or such a part
of it's value
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