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Description
In instructing jurors on definition of offenses involving misappropriation of public funds in violation of Penal Code Sec. 424, judge correctly advised that an official is guilty if he or she "appropriated public moneys, or any portion thereof, to his or her own use. Or to the use of another without authority of law" and if the defendant "loaned the same or any portion thereof, made any profit out of, or used the same for any purpose not authorized by law."