State v. O'toole

Plaintiff in error was convicted upon an indictment charging embezzlement. The appeal comes into this court on a strict writ of error. The record before us is meager and unsatisfactory. It contains writ of error, return thereto, and some docket entries. None of the testimony is included in the record.

It also appears that a “motion for arrest of judgment of sentence” was made and denied. No reason in support of such motion appears in the record although from a reading of the brief of plaintiff in error the motion for arrest of judgment and the denial thereof appear to be the crux of the…