State v. Kriechbaum

In the court below, the defendant was prosecuted under an indictment charging him with accepting deposits in his bank while knowing the bank to be insolvent. There was a verdict of guilty and a judgment of conviction thereon. From such judgment an appeal was duly taken to this court and all proceedings under the judgment were suspended by the giving of bail as fixed by the court. After the case came to this court, and while still pending on appeal, the defendant died. Counsel, who represented him up to the time of his death, brought to the court the fact of such death and asked that the…