People v. Hesbon

Appellant was convicted, after jury trial, of grand theft in violation of section 476a of the Penal Code. Appellant’s application for probation was denied, and he was sentenced to state prison for the term prescribed by law. He appeals from the judgment of conviction.

Appellant was employed by Colusa County as a collector to collect delinquent hospital accounts. These accounts were handled as follows. The hospital’s business office made out cards of the patients as they entered the hospital. Later the delinquent account cards were separated from the current account cards and transferred to the…