MR. JUSTICE BROWN, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.
Defendant was indicted under the first section of the act of March 3, 1875, "to punish certain larcenies, and the receivers of stolen goods," 18 Stat. 479, which enacts "that any person who shall embezzle, steal, or purloin any money, property, record, voucher, or valuable thing whatever, of the moneys, goods, chattels, records, or property of the United States, shall be deemed guilty of...
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