People v. Kirkpatrick

The information is in two counts, and the defendant was convicted on both of the charges. The first count charges embezzlement, on or about the twenty-seventh day of November, 1924, of the sum of $3,500 belonging to Elizabeth Gnabe Kirkpatrick. The second count charges embezzlement, on the same date, of the sum of $1,989.29, also the property of Elizabeth Gnabe Kirkpatrick.

The defendant and Elizabeth Gnabe became acquainted with each other in January, 1924. The defendant very promptly learned that Miss Gnabe, who had been a domestic servant for many years, owned cash and securities amounting…