Eastland v. State

On August 6, 1953, the appellant J. O. Eastland was indicted in Lauderdale County for the crime of embezzlement, wherein it was alleged that as City Tax Collector of the City of Meridian he embezzled funds coming into his hands by virtue of such office, covering the period from May 1, 1945, until and including February *19818, 1952. The indictment charged that the exact amount of shortage in the funds was to the grand jurors unknown, hut that the same amounted to more than $25.00. On the trial which was held in February 1954, the State undertook to show by its proof that the amount alleged to have…