State v. Colson

By an information filed in the Circuit Court of Chariton County, at Salisbury, on September 12, 1928, the defendant was charged with embezzling $54.50 of the funds of Missouri Township, one of the townships of Chariton County, while acting as trustee and ex officio treasurer of said township. The jury found him guilty and assessed his punishment at imprisonment in the penitentiary for two years. From the judgment and sentence entered on the verdict, he has perfected an appeal to this court.

The evidence adduced by the State is, in substance, as follows: Chariton County adopted the Township…