Bustamante v. District Court of Third Judicial Dist.

The parties will be referred to herein by name.

On February 28, 1955, a grand jury returned an indictment under C.R.S. ’53, 40-19-3, which provided in pertinent part that:

“ * * * ED BUSTAMANTE, late of the County of Las Animas, State of Colorado, then and there being a duly elected officer * * *, to-wit, a duly elected * * * and acting County Clerk and Recorder of * * * the County of Las Animas * * *, did, between the dates of May 24, 1953, and October 19, 1954, wilfully, unlawfully, corruptly and feloniously use, make way with, secrete, and convert to his own use the sum of $1,689.00, * * *…