State v. Garaygordobil

BERNSTEIN, Vice Chief Justice.

Eugene Garaygordobil (hereinafter called “defendant”) was convicted under A.R. S. § 35-301 upon charges of wrongfully appropriating from the Santa Cruz County treasury an amount of public money in excess of $50,000 from 1951 through 1959, and under A.R.S. § 38-421 for falsifying during that period the public records of the treasurer’s office. He now appeals from this judgment and the order of the trial court denying his motion for new trial.

The defendant has submitted six assignments of error which we shall discuss as essentially three. The defendant first…