McElroy v. People

Plaintiff in error was convicted in the criminal court of Cook county of the crime of larceny by embezzlement, and sentenced to the penitentiary. The indictment contained eight counts. The first six are in substantially the language of section 75 of the Criminal Code, (Hurd’s Stat. 1901, p. 604,) charging that she was an agent, to-wit, a collector and solicitor, for the Catholic Press Company, and as such collected and embezzled the funds of the company to the amount of §106.50. The seventh count charged her with simple larceny, and the eighth with receiving money knowing it to be stolen.…