People v. Marquis

VALLÉE, J.

Defendant was charged in an indictment and convicted by a jury of five counts of embezzlement by a public officer, (Pen. Code, § 504) and of 11 counts of making false entries in accounts relating to public moneys. (Pen. Code, § 424, subd. 3.) Defendant was sentenced to state prison on each count, the sentences to run concurrently. He appeals from the judgment.

From August 1951 defendant was city assessor of Santa Barbara. The embezzlement and false entries involve unsecured personal property taxes levied against merchants doing business in the city during the tax years 1955-56 and…