Murphree v. State

The indictment against the appellant, Tom Murphree, is that by virtue of his public employment as Chief Clerk in the License Tag Division of the State Motor' Vehicle Commission, he came into possession of the sum of $356 of public money which he failed to pay over to the Motor Vehicle Commissioner. To sustain this charge, the proof offered by the State was to the effect that Murphree received three certain- cheeks of the Folse Drayage Company, Inc., of New Orleans, Louisiana, payable to the Motor Vehicle Commissioner, for the sums of $60, $98 and $198, respectively, in payment for temporary…