People v. Otto

Citations

• 70 Cal. 523
• 11 P. 675
• 1886 Cal. LEXIS 837

Syllabus

<p>Criminal Law—Refusal to Pat over Public Monet—Indictment.— The indictment charged in effect that the defendant was the tax collector of Del Horte County from the first Monday in January, 1883, at 12 o’clock, M., to the like day and time on the fifth day of January, 1885; . that as tax collector he had on the fifth day of January, 1885, received and collected certain public money, and on that day, and for five days thereafter, and ever since then, had wholly and willfully refused and omitted to pay it over to the county treasurer. Held, that the indictment charged but one offense, and was sufficient under section 424 of the Penal Code.</p>