State v. Parmenter

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE JOHNSON:

The defendant in this cause was convicted of the crime of embezzlement of public moneys, and on December 7, 1940, was sentenced to serve six years at hard labor in the state penitentiary at Deer Lodge. Thereupon he appealed to this court and was granted by the district court sixty days in addition to the time allowed by law in which to prepare, serve and file his bill of exceptions.

Defendant thereupon applied to the judge of the district court for a certificate of probable cause, which was denied. Thereafter on December 10, 1940, he…