State v. Miller

The grand jury returned an indictment in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri, charging the appellant under Section 4079, Eevised Statutes 1929, with embezzlement, as the agent of William Stoll, of the sum of $4916.25. He was convicted and sentenced to two years’ confinement in the penitentiary. He has duly appealed to this court.

The complaining witness, William Stoll, lived in Drumwright, Oklahoma, and had been doing business with this appellant since the year 1916. At that time the appellant was engaged in the mortgage loan business in Kansas City, Missouri, in partnership with…