Sperl

In a nonjury trial defendant Sperl, who was the Marshal for Los Angeles County, was convicted in count I of violating Penal Code section 424, subdivision 3, in that he had knowingly kept false accounts relating to the receipt, etc., of public moneys (Legislative Advocates transaction); in count III of violating section 424, subdivision 1, in that he misappropriated public moneys for the use of another (Candidate’s Driver transaction); in count V of violating section 424, subdivision 3, in that he knowingly kept false accounts or made false entries or erasures in accounts relating to the receipt, etc. of public moneys (Marina Del Rey transaction); in count VII of violating Government Code section 6200 (theft, destruction, falsification, secretion or removal of public records by an officer custodian); and in count IX of violating Government Code section 31114, subdivision 3, a misdemeanor (furnishing special and secret information for the purpose of either improving or injuring the prospects of persons to be examined under a county civil service system.) Defendant’s motions for an evidentiary hearing and for a new trial were argued and denied. As to counts I, III, V and…