Steiner v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Lavaca. Tried below before Hon. T. H. Spooneb. This appeal is from a conviction for embezzlement of money over the value of $20, the punishment being assessed at two years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary.
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Appeal from the District Court of Lavaca. Tried below before Hon. T. H. Spooneb. This appeal is from a conviction for embezzlement of money over the value of $20, the punishment being assessed at two years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. The indictment contains two counts, and, omitting the formal allegations, is as follows: “That Mose Steiner, in the county and State aforesaid, on the 1st day of July, 1893, was then and there an officer of the city of Hallettsville, to wit, secretary of said city, and was then and there superintendent of the waterworks and electric lights of said city;…
1Opinion of the Court
HUBT, Presiding- Judge.
Appeal from Lavaca County. The indictment contains two counts. The substance of the first is, that appellant was the secretary of the city of Hallettsville, and was also the superintendent of the waterworks and electric lights of said city, and as such superintendent was charged with the collection of money belonging to said city, and as such officer, and by virtue of said office and being superintendent of said waterworks and electric lights, there came into his possession the Sum of $200, the property of the city, and that defendant did secrete for the purpose of…
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