State v. Liston

An information was filed in the Circuit Court of Boone County by which appellant was charged with the embezzlement of an automobile owned by one Josie Morris while the same was in his possession as a bailee. The jury found him guilty and assessed his punishment at imprisonment in the penitentiary for two years. He was sentenced accordingly and appealed.

Appellant is a negro and at the time in question was a practicing attorney at law in Columbia, Missouri, where he had resided for about two years. He had formerly practiced law in Kansas City, Missouri, and continued to maintain a law office in…