§806-37 Money, etc., how described.
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§806-37 Money, etc., how described. In every indictment whatsoever in which it is necessary to make any averment as to any money or valuable security, and in every indictment for embezzlement, fraudulent application, or fraudulent disposition where the offense relates to any valuable security, it shall be sufficient to describe the money or valuable security simply as money, without specifying any particular coin or valuable security. And the allegation so far as regards the description of the property, shall in all cases be sustained by proof of any amount of coin, and in the cases of the offenses hereinbefore in this section specially named of any valuable security, although the particular species of coin of which the amount was composed or the particular nature of the valuable security is not proved, and in the cases of the offenses so specially named and also in the case of obtaining money or other property by false pretenses, by proof that the offender embezzled, fraudulently applied or disposed of any amount or obtained any piece of coin or any valuable security or any portion of the value thereof respectively, although the piece of coin or valuable security (as the case may be) may have been delivered to the offender in order that some part of the value thereof should be returned to the party delivering the same or to any other person, and the part has been returned accordingly. [L 1876, c 40, §21;
RL 1925, §4054; RL 1935, §5511; RL 1945, §10813; RL 1955, §258-23; HRS §711-37; ren L 1972, c 9, pt of §1; gen ch 1985]
Case Notes
Cited: 24 H. 349, 352 (1918).