Brister v. State

Appellant was convicted on a charge of embezzlement and sentenced to serve three years in the penitentiary. She was cashier of the State Tax Commission for more than fourteen years; during all of that time until August 1949 all collections of taxes, including payments in cash., were handled in her office; after that date the system was changed so that she no longer handled the cash collections except in three small separate funds. Prior to April 1, 1950, discrepancies were discovered, and, with the consent of the State Auditor and Governor, the Chairman of the State Tax Commission employed…