State v. Berg

The appellant was put on trial upon an indictment that charged, in substance, that he was, during the three years preceding the finding of the indictment, bailiff of the municipal court of the city of Des Moines, and, as such .officer, charged with the collection, safekeeping, transfer, and '¡disbursement of public moneys; and that, by reason and by virtue of his office, by a series of acts during such time,.he received, obtained, secured, collected, and had in his possession, care, custody, and control, as such officer, the sum of. $500.86 of the money of such city; and that he willfully,…