River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-07-15
No. 26O. Al Published June 4, 1908.
OHAPTER 277. LAWS or 1909.

NO CHATTER 5GL Ell, LAWS OF 1909.
AN ACT to amend section 441s Of the stat
utes; relating to the crime Oh enoez7ie-
The people of the State of Wisconsin, rep
resented In Senate and Assembly, do an
Section /. Section 441s of the statutes
Is amended to read Section 441S. ANY
officer, agent, clerk, employee or servant OF
district city, village or other municipal
corporation therein, or of any banking, rail-
road insurance or telegraph company or
company or association, or In the service
or employment thereof, who. by virtue OF
such Office or employment shall nave the
possession or custody Of or who shall De
entrusted with the safe keeping, the dis
bursement investment or payment OF any
money or fund, or with the safe keeping,
sale, carrying OF delivering OF any goods,
other property thing which is the sub
1ect of larceny, belonging to or under the
care or control of the state, or SUCH munl-
cipaI or other corporation, or In which the
state or such corporation has an interest,
or any factor, carrier, warehouseman, stor-
age forwarding or commission merchant, or
any bailee, executor, administrator, guard
IAN or any trustee, agent, clerk. attorney,
messenger, employee or servant or any pr1-
vate person. corporation, co-partnership. or
association, except apprentices and other
persons under the age of sixteen years. VINO,
by virtue of his business or employment,
shall ~,
Of or shall be entrusted with the safe keep
ing disbursement investment or payment
Of any money, or shall have the care, Gus
tody or possession OF or SHAH De entrusted
with the safe keeping carrying, sale or de-
livery Of any goods, wares, merchandise,
produce, lumber or any other property or
thing which is the subject Of larceny. be-
longing to such other person. corporation,
copartnership or association, shall embezzle
or fraudulently convert to his own use or
to the use Of any other person except the
owner thereof or shall take, carry away
or secret with intent to convert to his
own use or to the use of any other person
except the owner thereof any such money,
fuad, goods. wares. merchandise produce,
lumber or any other property or thing
shall be punished If the money or property
SO embezzled shall exceed the yai =. o. Of
Imprisonment IN the state prison not more
than twenty-five years nor less
than ten years, and II the money
tha valre Of TWENTY-FIVE thou
sand dollars and shall exceed The value OF
ten thousand dollars, by impris-
Onsnt n the state PWsty years nor ieSs
han FIVE years or II the money
or property SO ennbezzled shall not exceed i
lars and shall exceed the value Of one thou
sand dollars, by imprisonment In the
state prison not more than Ten
years nor less than one year, and Il the
money or property so ernbeZzed shall ex-
coed the value of one hundred dollars Ano
shall not exceed the value OF one tnou-
sand dollars by Imprisonment In the state
prison not more than five FEARS nor less
than one year, and IL the money or prop
ertv 80 ernbezzled shall not exceed the value
of one hundred dollars and shall exceed the
value of twenty dollars by Imprisonment In
the state prison or county jail not more
than one year nor less than six months or
by fine not exceeding two hundred dollars,
and If the money or property so embezzled
shall not exceed the value of twenty dol
lars hv Imprisonment In the county jail
NOT more than six months or By fine not
exceeding one hundred dollars ANY person
who is member of any copartnersh1p or
one OF two or more beneficial owners OF
any property specified in this section or OF
any PROPERTY or thing which is the subject
of larceny who shall embezzle or fraud
TlentJy convert to his own use or to the
use Of any other person, except the other
members Of such copartnership or the other
beneficial owners of such property or thing,
or who shall take, carry away or secret
with intent to convert to his own use or
Ia the use Of any other person except as
aforesaid any such property or thing shall
be punished as provided in this section the
same as II he had not been or was not
menber of such copartnership one Of
such beneficial owners. The oTense OF en-
bezzJesDent may be prosecuted and punished
In nuy county In which the person charged