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STATE v. ROSS

No. 577.

157 S.E.2d 712 (1967)

272 N.C. 67

STATE of North Carolina v. Neill McKay ROSS.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

November 22, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. T. W. Bruton and Deputy Atty. Gen. Harry W. McGalhard, for the State.

Bryan & Bryan and D. K. Stewart, Dunn, for defendant appellee.

BOBBITT, Justice.

The crime of embezzlement, unknown to the common law, was created and is defined by statute. State v. Thornton, 251 N.C. 658, 111 S.E.2d 901, and cases cited.

Statutes creating criminal offenses must be strictly construed. 4 Strong, N.C. Index, Statutes § 5, p. 179. This rule has been applied with vigor in the construction of our embezzlement statute. State v. Whitehurst...

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