Bazeley's Case

Bazeley's Case, 2 East P.C. 571 (Cr. Cas. Res. 1799), is an English criminal case that gave rise to Parliament creating the crime of embezzlement.[1] Bazeley was a bank teller who took money from a depositor and applied it to pay a bill of Bazeley's own business.[1]:951-2 The court agreed with Bazeley's argument that the bank only had a right to possess or title to the note, not possession of it.[1]:951-2 Parliament responded by creating the crime of embezzlement, the fraudulent conversion of money or property that an employee receives for her employer.[1]:951-2

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Criminal Law - Cases and Materials, 7th ed. 2012, Wolters Kluwer Law & Business; John Kaplan, Robert Weisberg, Guyora Binder, ISBN 978-1-4548-0698-1,
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