Hockenberger v. State

Ragan, 0.

Edward C. Hoekenberger, in the district court of Hall county, was convicted of the crime of embezzlement. He brings the judgment pronounced against him upon such conviction here for review.

On the 7th of February, 1894, a complaint was filed with the county judg'e'of Hall county charging Hockenberger with embezzlement. He was arrested, pleaded not guilty, and waived a preliminary examination. This complaint charged that Hoekenberger, as “secretary of the school board in and for the school district of the city of Grand Island, Hall county, Nebraska,” had embezzled certain of the moneys…