State v. Downing

Citations

• 15 Wash. 413
• 46 P. 646
• 1896 Wash. LEXIS 207

Syllabus

<p>EMBEZZLEMENT BY PUBLIC OFFICER — INFORMATION — INSTRUCTIONS.</p> <p>An information charging one as having received by virtue of his office as county clerk a sum'of money belonging to the county, which he unlawfully, knowingly, fraudulently and feloniously took and converted to his own use and embezzled, is sufficient to charge a crime under the provisions of § 57, Penal Code.</p> <p>Where a prosecution of a public officer for the embezzlement of public funds is had under Penal Code, §57, making the offense a felony, an instruction to the jury based on that theory is not erroneous, although another statute may provide for the punishment of such acts as misdemeanors.</p>