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EASTLAND v. STATE

No. 39383.

223 Miss. 195 (1955)

78 So.2d 127

EASTLAND v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 21, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M.V.B. Miller, Gerald Adams, Chas. B. Cameron, Meridian, for appellant.

Joe T. Patterson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

McGEHEE, C.J.

On August 6, 1953, the appellant J.O. Eastland was indicted in Lauderdale County for the crime of embezzlement, wherein it was alleged that as City Tax Collector of the City of Meridian he embezzled funds coming into his hands by virtue of such office, covering the period from May 1, 1945, until and including February 18, 1952. The indictment charged that the exact amount of shortage in the funds was to the...

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