People v. Belt

Mr. Jüstice Craig

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff in error was indicted by the grand jury of the circuit court of Macoupin county, at the September term, 1913, of that court, for the crime of embezzlement. The indictment contained eight counts, and charged plaintiff in error with corruptly, willfully, fraudulently and feloniously receiving a deposit through one Budd, as assistant cashier, while conducting a private bank at Bunker Hill, in said county, under the firm name of Belt Bros. & Co., at a time when he knew he was insolvent, by reason whereof the money so deposited was lost…