Hendee v. State

The defendant below, Hosmer H. Hendee, was convicted of the crime of embezzlement, and brings the case here for review.

The prosecution was based on an alleged violation of section 121 of the criminal code, which reads in part as follows: “If any * * * officer elected or appointed to any office of public trust in the state * '* * shall embezzle or convert to his or her own use any money, property, rights in action, or other valuable security or effects whatever, *81belonging to any individual, or company, or association, that shall come into his or her possession by virtue or under color of his…