Mathies v. State

Plaintiff in error, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was convicted in the district court of LeFlore county of the offense of willfully, knowingly, intentionally, fraudulently, unlawfully, and feloniously approving a certain unlawful, fraudulent, and unauthorized claim against LeFlore county, and his punishment fixed by the jury at imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a period of five years.

It appears from the record that the defendant was a member of the board of county commissioners of LeFlore county from 1925 to 1932, and during four years of that time was chairman of the board;…