State v. Kurth

This is an appeal by defendant from a judgment of conviction of the crime of embezzlement under section 11318, Eevised Codes, and from an order denying his motion for a new trial.

The information charges that the city of Great Falls owns and operates its own water plant; that by ordinance it created the board of water commissioners and the office of water registrar; that defendant was the duly appointed water registrar between the 4th day of May, 1931, and the 26th day of June, 1933, and as such chargeable with the duty, prescribed by ordinance, of collecting water rentals from the consumers…