State v. Halstead

i embezzledence: ham: etTwnttenkby defendant. I. The defendant was employed by the National Lumber Company, and had charge of its business at Preston. His duties required him to make sales °*' lumber, receive payments made to the comPauy in the course of its business at Crestón, make payments and remittances as required in the proper management of the business, and make daily written reports to the company by letter addressed to its place of business in Chicago. The evidence tends to show that all the money received by the defendant was not accounted for by him; the shortage being a…