The People v. Hagel

Defendant, Ronald Hagel, was found guilty by a jury in the circuit court of Peoria County of embezzling $460 as a public officer and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of 3 to 5 years. He appeals from this judgment of conviction.

Defendant was a justice of the peace of Peoria County from 1957 to 1961. Tickets issued to traffic violators and returnable before defendant and his receipt books were introduced into evidei.ce over his objection. They showed that he had received more than $4000, representing fines and costs collected from traffic violators from May 1, 1959, through April…