Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-07-08
Published June 4, 1900.
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No. ESQ, Al Published June 4, 1909.
CHAPTER 277, LAWS OF 1909.
AN ACT to amend section 441S of the stat-
utes. relating to the crime OF embezzle-
The people of the State of Wisconsin, rep
resented In Senate and Assembly, do en-
Section /. Section 4418 Of the statutes
is amended to read: Section 44lS ANY
officer, agent clerk, employee or servant Of
this state or of any county. town, school
corporation therein, or OF any banking, rail-
road, insurance or telegraph company or
other corporation, or Of any joint stock
company or association, or in the service
or employment thereof, who, by virtue OF
such Office or employment, shall have the
possession or custody Of, or who shall be
bursement, Investment or payment OF any
money or fund, or with the safe keeping,
sale, carrying or delivering Of any goods,
wares, merchandise, produce, lumber or any
other property or thing which is the sub
jeCt of larceny, belonging to or under the
care or control of the state, or such NUM-
cipal or other corporation, or In which tho
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 OF any pTi-
v8te person, corporation, CO-partnership or
association, except apprentices and other
persons under the age Of sixteen years, who,
by virtue of his business or employment,
shall have the care, custody. or possession
of or shall Re entrusted with the safe keep
ing disbursement, investment or payment
Of any money, or shall have the care, Gus
todv or possession Of or shall be 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 embezzie
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,
fund, goods, wares, merchandise, produce,
shall be punished if the money or property
SO embezzled shall exceed the value OF
twenty-five thousand dollars. by
imprisonment in the state prison not more
than ten years. and II the money
or property so eembezzied shall not exceed
sand dollars and shall exceed the value Of
ten thousand dollars, by impris-
onment in the state prison not
than than five years or Il the money
or property so embezzled shall not exceed
the value OF ten thousand dol
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 X the
money or property so embezzled shall ex-
cd the value Of one hundred dollars and
shall not exceed the value Of one thou
sand dollars, by Imprisonment IN the state
prison not more than five years nor less
than one year, and Il the money or prop
erty SO eEobezzled 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 II the money or property so enbezzled
shall not exceed the value Of twenty dol
lars by Imprisonment in the county jail
not more than six months or by fine not
exceeding one hundred dollars. Any person
who is a member Of any copartnership 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 eEnbezzle or fraud
uIent(7 convert to his own Use or to the
use n any other person. except the other
members of such copartnership or the other
benef ciaI owners OF such property or thing.
or who shall take, carry away or secret
with intent 70 convert to his own use
10 the use Of any other person except
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
member OF such copartnership or one OF
such beneficial owners. The o6ense of en-
bezzlAmeut may be prosecuted and punished
/. any county In which tAe persia charged