Marberry v. State

BAKER, Judge.

The appellant was convicted of the offense of unlawfully assenting to the acceptance of deposits in the Merchants and Planters Bank at Henrietta, Texas, while said bank was insolvent and in failing circumstances, and his punishment assessed at two and one-half years in the penitentiary.

The record discloses that the appellant was president of said bank, which was duly incorporated under the banking laws of this state; that he had the active management and control thereof; that on the 13th or 14th of June, 1923, a deposit was received in said bank from one J. W. Lindsay; and that…