State v. Chavez

COMPTON, Justice.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of Bernalillo County of the crime of embezzlement and, from the judgment and sentence he appeals.

The statute under which the charge was brought is- § 41-4522, 1941 Compilation, New Mexico Statutes Annotated. The section was originally enacted as Section 1, Chapter 70, Laws 1923. Section 2 of the Act appears as § 41-4519, 1941 Compilation. The parts of said sections material to a decision read as follows:

“Section 1. Any public official or other person holding an office under any of the laws of this State, to whom is entrusted by virtue of his…