Commonwealth v. Spiegel

Opinion by

Reno, J.,

Defendant, a public accountant, was convicted on four separate indictments of fraudulent conversion of moneys given him for payment of income taxes to the Federal Government. This appeal questions the lower court’s refusal to withdraw a juror and alleged errors in the charge of the court.

For many years, Klein’s Department Store in Point Marion, Fayette County, employed the accounting agency of William A. Wood to audit the store’s books and handle all tax matters. In 1944, defendant was the accountant assigned by the agency to make Klein’s monthly audits and prepare tax…