People v. Paddock

Hugh E. Paddock, plaintiff in error, (hereinafter referred to as defendant,) was indicted, tried and convicted in the circuit court of Whiteside county for embezzling $1361 of the money and property of Frank Specht. A motion for a new trial was overruled and defendant was sentenced to the penitentiary. This writ of error has been sued out to review the record.

The indictment charges that the defendant was employed by Frank Specht to clerk his public auction sale on December 14, 1920, and that by virtue of his employment, and as agent aforesaid, he received into his possession the sum of $1361,…