State v. Watson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Allen, J.:

The defendant, W. L. Watson, appeals from a conviction on a charge of embezzlement.

The first count of the information charged that on or about the 14th day of September, 1930, the defendant embezzled five hundred dollars and “that ever since the commission of the offense herein charged the said W. L. Watson has continuously concealed the fact of said crime.”

The record shows that from January, 1929, to January, 1935, defendant was a duly elected, qualified and acting justice of the peace of Stanton township in Stanton county, Kansas. The…