State v. Tauscher

The defendant was indicted for the crime of embezzlement. The lower court sustained a demurrer to the indictment and the plaintiff appeals.

Defendant was the executive secretary of the Douglas County Tuberculosis & Health Association, a corporation. Defendant and. a Mrs. Petrequin were authorized to draw checks upon the Association’s bank account. The signatures of both were necessary in order to draw upon the account. It was the practice of Mrs. Petrequin to sign several checks in blank and to turn them over to defendant for use in paying the bills of the Association. Over an extended period…