The People v. Clarke

delivered the opinion of the court:.Harry Clark, Stowell Beach and Irwin Hatridge were indicted in the circuit court of Madison county for the violation of section 1 of the. act entitled “An act for the protection of bank depositors.” (Cahill’s Stat. 1927, p. 871; Smith’s Stat. 1927, p. 928.) The indictment charged, in substance, that on October 31, 1922, Beach, Clark and Hat-ridge were chairman of the board of directors, president and cashier, respectively, of the First State and Savings Bank of Wood River; that the bank was then insolvent and the officers named had knowledge of its…