Collins v. State

In consequence of a shortage of $22,896.86 in the accounts of L. B. Branch, sheriff and collector for Pulaski county, appellant was indicted on five counts charging embezzlement of amounts aggregating $980.97. Upon conviction prison sentences of 21 years were assessed on each count — a total of 105 years. The judgment was that each sentence should be reduced to 15 years, and that they should run concurrently.

To reverse, 25 alleged errors are assigned. These have been grouped under the following headings:(1) The court erred in overruling the demurrer of defendant to the amendment to the…