People v. Johnson

The defendant, who was the assessor of San Diego County, was charged with a violation of subdivision 6 of section 424 of the Penal Code, it being charged that he wilfully omitted to transfer to the county treasurer the sum of $356.40 which he had collected from various persons as taxes on personal property and when it was his duty, under the law, to transfer said money to the treasurer. He was tried by the court without a jury and, after being found guilty, his application for probation was granted. He gave notice of appeal from the judgment and also from an order denying his motion for a new…