Murray v. State

Plaintiff in error, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was convicted in the district court of Woodward county of the crime of embezzlement, and his punishment fixed by the jury at a fine of $1 and imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a period of one year.

The evidence of the state was that defendant had been treasurer of Webster township in Woodward county for a number of years, and that he received from the county treasure!* of Woodward county, from time to time during a period of three years prior to the commencement of this prosecution, moneys belonging to Webster township from…