Collier v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Morris, Commissioner—

Beversing.

Appellants, with Clyde Scott, were jointly indicted on a charge of embezzlement, KBS 434.020, it being alleged that while Scott was serving as magistrate, and appellants respectively constable and deputy, the three collected a fine of $14.50 from C. L. Smith for a violation of a motor vehicle law, which they failed to report to the circuit clerk, and converted to their own nse.

The joint trial of appellants resulted in a verdict of guilty, the jury fixing the punishment of each at two years confinement. Their motion for new trial was…