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Such allegation, so far as it regards the description of the property, shall be sustained if the accused be proved to have embezzled any bullion, money, bank note or other security for money or items of personal property subject to larceny although the particular species be not proved.\n\t\tAnd in a prosecution for the larceny of United States currency or for obtaining United States currency by a false pretense or token, or for receiving United States currency knowing the same to have been stolen, it shall be sufficient if the accused be proved guilty of the larceny of national bank notes or United States treasury notes, certificates for either gold or silver coin, fractional coin, currency, or any other form of money issued by the United States government, or of obtaining the same by false pretense or token, or of receiving the same knowing it to have been stolen although the particular species be not proved.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":205113,"text":"In a prosecution against a person accused of embezzling or fraudulently converting to his own use bullion, money, bank notes or other security for money or items of personal property subject to larceny it shall be lawful in the same indictment or accusation to charge and thereon to proceed against the accused for any number of distinct acts of such embezzlements or fraudulent conversions which may have been committed by him within six months from the first to the last of the acts charged in the indictment; and it shall be sufficient to allege the embezzlement or fraudulent conversion to be of money without specifying any particular money, gold, silver, note or security. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1960, chapter 366; in 1975, chapter 495; in 1989, chapter 370.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":168907,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55986,"identifier":"19.2-223","token":"19.2\/14\/2\/19.2-223","url":"\/19.2-223\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-223\/","token":"19.2\/14\/2\/19.2-223","dublin_core":{"Title":"Charging several acts of embezzlement; description of money","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-223","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In a prosecution<\/span> against a person accused<\/span> of embezzling or fraudulently converting to his own use bullion, money, bank notes or other security for money or items of personal property subject to larceny<\/span> it shall be lawful in the same indictment<\/span> or accusation to charge and thereon to proceed against the accused<\/span> for any number of distinct acts of such embezzlements<\/span> or fraudulent conversions which may have been committed by him within six months from the first to the last of the acts charged in the indictment<\/span>; and it shall be sufficient to allege the embezzlement<\/span> or fraudulent conversion to be of money without specifying any particular money, gold, silver, note or security. Such allegation<\/span>, so far as it regards the description of the property, shall be sustained if the accused<\/span> be proved to have embezzled any bullion, money, bank note or other security for money or items of personal property subject to larceny<\/span> although the particular species be not proved.\n\t\tAnd in a prosecution<\/span> for the larceny<\/span> of United States currency or for obtaining United States currency by a false pretense<\/span> or token, or for receiving United States currency knowing the same to have been stolen, it shall be sufficient if the accused<\/span> be proved guilty of the larceny<\/span> of national bank notes or United States treasury notes, certificates for either gold or silver coin, fractional coin, currency, or any other form of money issued by the United States government, or of obtaining the same by false pretense<\/span> or token, or of receiving the same knowing it to have been stolen although the particular species be not proved.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCHARGING SEVERAL ACTS OF EMBEZZLEMENT; DESCRIPTION OF MONEY (\u00a7 19.2-223)\n\nIn a prosecution against a person accused of embezzling or fraudulently\nconverting to his own use bullion, money, bank notes or other security for money\nor items of personal property subject to larceny it shall be lawful in the same\nindictment or accusation to charge and thereon to proceed against the accused\nfor any number of distinct acts of such embezzlements or fraudulent conversions\nwhich may have been committed by him within six months from the first to the\nlast of the acts charged in the indictment; and it shall be sufficient to allege\nthe embezzlement or fraudulent conversion to be of money without specifying any\nparticular money, gold, silver, note or security. Such allegation, so far as it\nregards the description of the property, shall be sustained if the accused be\nproved to have embezzled any bullion, money, bank note or other security for\nmoney or items of personal property subject to larceny although the particular\nspecies be not proved.\n\t\tAnd in a prosecution for the larceny of United States currency or for\nobtaining United States currency by a false pretense or token, or for receiving\nUnited States currency knowing the same to have been stolen, it shall be\nsufficient if the accused be proved guilty of the larceny of national bank notes\nor United States treasury notes, certificates for either gold or silver coin,\nfractional coin, currency, or any other form of money issued by the United\nStates government, or of obtaining the same by false pretense or token, or of\nreceiving the same knowing it to have been stolen although the particular\nspecies be not proved.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 19.1-168; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495; 1989, c. 370.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}