East v. State

This prosecution arose under Art. 1540, P. C., which makes an officer of court guilty as for theft who fraudulently converts to his own use funds coming into his possession by reason of his office. The punishment assessed is five years in the State penitentiary.

The indictment charged, in effect, that appellant was an officer of court in that he was a receiver in a certain suit pending in the 108th Judicial District Court of Potter County, and that there came into his possession, by virtue of such office, the sum of ten thousand dollars, which he fraudulently converted to his own use.

The facts…