Acree

An information filed by the district attorney of Los Angeles County charged the appellant and other persons not parties to this appeal in three counts with violations of section 1, chapter 559, of the Statutes of 1929, which directs that moneys or property put up by an employee or applicant as a cash bond shall be held in trust and forbids its use other than for liquidating accounts between the employee and his employer. A verdict of guilty was returned by a jury upon each of said counts.

Applicants for positions as drivers for an automobile stage line appeared at the office of the defendant and one NuDyke, operating under the name of Associated Service Company, in response to newspaper advertisements of the defendants offering employment; they were advised as to the duties required, that the compensation was at least $28 per week, plus a bonus of five per cent, and that other employees were then making about $200 per month. As conditions to em ployment it was testified that each applicant was required to pay NuDyke the sum of $400, which he was informed would be held and used by his employers to indemnify them against loss or damage in operation of vehicles or in handling of…