§ 3487. — Refusal to pay as evidence of embezzlement.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC3487]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART II--CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
CHAPTER 223--WITNESSES AND EVIDENCE
Sec. 3487. Refusal to pay as evidence of embezzlement
The refusal of any person, whether in or out of office, charged with
the safe-keeping, transfer, or disbursement of the public money to pay
any draft, order, or warrant, drawn upon him by the General Accounting
Office, for any public money in his hands belonging to the United
States, no matter in what capacity the same may have been received, or
may be held, or to transfer or disburse any such money, promptly, upon
the legal requirement of any authorized officer, shall be deemed, upon
the trial of any indictment against such person for embezzlement, prima
facie evidence of such embezzlement.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 833.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 180 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch.
321, Sec. 94, 35 Stat. 1106; June 10, 1921, ch. 18, Sec. 304, 42 Stat.
24).
``General Accounting Office'' was substituted for ``proper
accounting officer of the Treasury''.
