Griswold v. State

Charles H. Griswold, plaintiff in error, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, was on January 16, 1917, convicted of the embezzlement of public funds intrusted to him as clerk of the district court of Logan county during the years 1911 and 1912. His punishment by the verdict of the jury was fixed at imprisonment' in the penitentiary for a period of one year. From the judgment rendered on the verdict he appeals.

The evidence in this case shows that the defendant during the years 1911 and 1912, while he was clerk of the district court, from time to time held out of his official funds, for…