Crouse v. State

Adkins, J., delivered the opinion of the Court. The appellant was indicted for embezzlement. The indictment charged that: “The said ISTevin W. Grouse b.eing then and there the cashier of the Pleasant Valley Bank of Carroll County, a body corporate of the State of Maryland, and as such cashier of the Pleasant Valley Bank of Carroll County, having received into his possession for, on account of and in the name of the said, The Pleasant Valley Bank of'Carroll County, his employer, the sum of fifteen thousand ($15,000) dollars, current money of the United States of the value of fifteen thousand ($15,000) dollars, did then and there unlawfully and fraudulently embezzle said sum of fifteen thousand ($15,000) dollars current money of the United States, of the value of fifteen thousand ($15,->000) dollars, of the money and property of the said, The Pleasant Valley Bank of Carroll County. “Contrary to the form of the Statute in such case made and provided and against the peace, government and dignity of the State.” ⁴³³ He demurred to tlie indictment, and the court overruled the demurrer. Whereupon appellant pleaded “not guilty,” and the case was tried by a jury, which returned a verdict of guilty.

This appeal is from a judgment on that verdict. The only question raised by the appeal is the correctness of the ruling on the demurrer. The contention of the appellant is that the indictment was fatally defective because it failed to assert that the act or acts with which he was charged were feloniously