The PEOPLE v. Riggins

Mr. ChiEP Justice Hershey

delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Marven E. Riggins, was indicted in the circuit court of Winnebago County for embezzlement. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1953, chap. 38, par. 210.) After a verdict of guilty by a jury, the court sentenced him to a term in the penitentiary of not less than two nor more than seven years.

The defendant argues for reversal on the ground that as operator of a collection agency he was an independent businessman, who at no time acted as “agent” for the complaining witness, Dorothy Tarrant, within the meaning of this embezzlement statute.…