Koppe v. State

Koppe was indicted, tried, and convicted of embezzling $400, which came into his hands as mayor of the city of Logan. Judgment was entered on the verdict, and he now seeks to reverse that judgment.

The indictment was returned under Section 12873, General Code, and the $400 charged to have been embezzled was a fine, or fine and costs, collected by Koppe, as mayor, in certain cases prosecuted to judgment in his court, where one Ben Brown had been found guilty of violating an ordinance of that city.

It is urged in this proceeding that the court erred in not sustaining a motion of the defendant to…