People v. Ward

Clarence R. Ward was convicted of embezzlement. - The case was tried without a jury. He had been manager of the Londke Motor Sales, a copartnership consisting of Anna, Fred, Phil, and John Londke. He was charged with embezzling the sum of $171.15, paid to him by customers. Upon the discontinuance óf a bookkeeping system on account of lack of business, according to the claim of prosecution, duplicate statements of each transaction were made but, one being given to the customer and the other retained by the firm. A number of payments, aggregating approximately $100, were shown to have been made…