Fraud in Accounts

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Gee & Company, 1904 - 92 pages

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Page 81 - ... shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the court, ,to any of the punishments which the court may award as hereinbefore last mentioned.
Page 76 - Whosoever, being a bailee of any chattel, money, or valuable security, shall fraudulently take or convert the same to his own use or the use of any person other than the owner thereof, although he shall not break. bulk or otherwise determine the bailment, shall be guilty of larceny...
Page 77 - ... such person shall not, by reason thereof, be entitled to be acquitted, but the jury shall be at liberty to return as their verdict that the defendant is not guilty of the felony or misdemeanor charged, but is guilty of an attempt to commit the same...
Page 80 - ... of title shall not actually be received by the person making such loan or advance till the period subsequent thereto...
Page 78 - ... or any mortgagee of any property, real or personal, in respect of any act done by such trustee or mortgagee in relation to the property comprised in or affected by any such trust or mortgage...
Page 82 - ... publish, or concur in making, circulating, or publishing, any written statement or account which he shall know to be false in any material particular, with intent to deceive or defraud any member, shareholder, or creditor of such body corporate or public company, or with intent to induce any person to become a shareholder or partner therein, or to entrust or advance any property to such body corporate or public company, or to enter into any security for the benefit thereof, shall be guilty of...
Page 79 - Merchandize, or any of the said Documents, as a Security for any Money or negotiable Instrument borrowed or received by such Factor or Agent, at or before the Time of making such Deposit or Pledge, or intended to be thereafter borrowed or received...
Page 83 - That nothing in this Act contained, nor any Proceeding, Conviction, or Judgment to be had or taken thereupon, against any Banker, Merchant, Broker, Factor, Attorney, or other Agent as aforesaid, shall prevent, lessen, or impeach any Remedy at Law or in Equity which any Party aggrieved by any such Offence might or would have had if this Act had not been passed...
Page 82 - ... with intent to defraud, omits to make, or to cause or direct to be made, a full and true entry thereof in the books or accounts of such corporation or association, and every director, officer, agent, or member of any corporation or joint-stock association who, with intent to defraud...
Page 77 - ... servant, or person employed for the purpose or in the capacity of a clerk or servant...

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