People (Attorney General) v Warren

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Judgment Date: 01 January 1944
• Date: 01 January 1944
• Court: Court of Criminal Appeal

(C.C.A.),

The People (Attorney-General)

and

Warren

Embezzlement - Rate Collector appointed by Dublin Corporation - His position under local government law - Whether a "clerk or servant" - Larceny Act, 1916 (6 7 Geo. 5, c. 50), s. 17, sub-s. 1 (b).

1. Sect. 17, sub-s. 1 (b)of the Larceny Act, 1916, provides:—"Every person who (1) being a clerk or servant or person employed in the capacity of a clerk or servant . . . (b) fraudulently embezzles the whole or any part of any . . . money . . . received or...