State v. Serenson

The trial of plaintiff in error upon a valid indictment, in which he was accused with the embezzlement of $755.3U, resulted in a verdict of guilty as charged, and a judgment was accordingly entered. From the evidence introduced in support of the allegations of the indictment, it appears that the defendant, in his official capacity as sheriff, received as money, on the 17th day of July, 1894, from certain mortgagors named in the indictment, a draft for $700, drawn by a Chicago bank in favor of itself, together with $55.30 in currency, all of which was thus paid for the purpose of redeeming…