Starr v. People

An information containing two counts was filed in the district court of the City and County of Denver against William H. Timbel, A. C. Ackers and John F. Starr, members of the Colorado State Board of Barber Examiners, and Ruth Gross LaVielle (formerly Ruth Anna Gross), clerk-typist under state civil service and an employee of the board. The first count charged conspiracy to commit embezzlement; the second count charged embezzlement. Ackers, before the trial, pleaded guilty to both counts and testified as a people’s witness in the joint trial of the three remaining defendants. The jury…