The People v. Cowgill

Mr. Ciiiep Justice DeYoung

delivered the opinion of the court :

An indictment consisting of eighteen counts, charging embezzlement and obtaining money by means of the confidence game, was returned in the circuit court of Tazewell county against Marshall Cowgill. A nolle prosequi was entered upon all the counts except the ninth, which charged that Cowgill, a clerk in the employ of the receivers of the Chicago and Alton Railroad Company, had embezzled $4000, the property of the receivers. A jury trial resulted in a verdict finding the defendant guilty and fixing the sum embezzled at $3415.15.…