People v. Crane

The appellant, H. Stanley Crane, was charged by indictment of the grand jury of the county of San Joaquin with the crime of embezzling the property of Mrs. Helen Kleppel. He was thereupon duly tried and convicted of the crime charged. Defendant moved for a new trial, which motion was denied, and he was thereupon sentenced to imprisonment in the state prison for a term of five years. Defendant prosecutes this appeal from the order and the judgment.

The defendant, an attorney at law, was retained by Mrs. Helen Kleppel, the prosecuting witness, to obtain a divorce. It appearing that Mrs.…