State v. Perkins

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

The defendant was convicted of embezzling $412 belonging to one Henry McConnell, and appeals.

Briefly stated, the circumstances were these: The defendant was the managing partner in a firm of mortgage brokers, Perkins & *459Company, in Lawrence. The firm sold a note and mortgage' on some Iola property to Henry McConnell. Defendant was the mortgagee, and he assigned the mortgage to McConnell. The note- was paid by draft to Perkins & Company on May 4, 1920. The proceeds of the draft were deposited in a Lawrence bank to the credit of defendant’s…