Tripp v. State

The plaintiff in error T. P. Tripp, justice of the peace, defendant below, was charged by information in the district court of Latimer county, Oklahoma, with the crime of embezzlement. He was tried, convicted by a jury, his punishment fixed at 1 year in the penitentiary, and judgment and sentence entered accordingly. Prom the said judgment and sentence, this appeal has been perfected.

The information in substance alleges that the defendant Tripp, justice of the peace of Wilburton, Latimer county, was entrusted, as such, with the sum of $35 received from Joe Francis, on purported estray…