Hinton v. State Ex Rel. Neal, County Attorney
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Le Flore County; W. H. Brown, Judge. Action by the State, on the relation of the County Attorney of Le Flore County, against John H. Hinton and others. Judgment for relator, and defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
ROBBERTS, C.
The plaintiff in error J. H. Hinton was the county treasurer of Le Flore county, his term of office expiring on the 7th day of July, 1913. At the time he retired from office, there was a deficit in his. accounts to the amount of $15,000. No charge of embezzlement or other acts of dishonesty is made against him, but his shortage is agreed by all parties to have been occasioned by the failure of the Choctaw Commercial Bank of Spiro, in which he, as county treasurer, had on deposit that amount of the funds of the county. This action is prosecuted by the state, on the…
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