The People v. Rasmussen

Henry P. Rasmussen was charged in an indictment returned by the grand jury in the circuit court of Winnebago county with having refused to pay over to his successor in the office of clerk of the probate court of that county a large amount of money which he had collected and received as such clerk as fees of his office and costs, and other funds required by law to be received and kept by him as such officer. His trial resulted in a verdict of guilty and a judgment of imprisonment in the-penitentiary. He has sued out a writ of error to review the judgment.

The first error complained of is the…