Liddell v. State

Tbe plaintiff in error was by information charged with tbe crime of embezzlement of funds belonging to Pottawatomie county, Oída.; was tried, convicted, and sentenced to imprisonment in tbe state penitentiary for eight years and to pay a fine of $2,500. Motion for new trial was filed, considered, overruled, and tbe defendant by petition in error with case-made attached has appealed to this court.

Tbe testimony on behalf of the state in substance is that tbe defendant, Chas. J. Liddell, was appointed delinquent personal tax collector for Pottawatomie county, by tbe county commissioners, March,…