Edmondson v. State

The plaintiff in error, hereafter called the defendant, was charged with the crime of embezzlement of money belonging to his wards, under the provisions of section 121 of the criminal code. His trial in the district court for Hamilton county resulted in his conviction. By the judgment of the district court he was sentenced to be confined in the state penitentiary at Lincoln for a period of two years, and he has brought the case to this court by petition in error.

His principal contention is that the evidence is not sufficient to sustain the verdict. The record discloses that in 1895 the…