Embezzlement may consist of many acts done during a long period of time. Such series of acts constitute the corpus delicti; and in such case the prosecution should not be required to elect on which of the many acts it would claim a conviction. It is otherwise, however, where distinct sums of money are delivered to the accused on different occasions, where distinct acts are susceptible of proof.114 Thus, where an agent collected for his employer eight dollars each month for eighteen months, being rent for premises during that time, and he appropriated the money to his own use and made report that the house was unoccupied; it was held that the collection each month constituted a single offense, and that they were not dependent upon each other and did not constitute a single transaction.115

112 Mulford vs. People, 139 Ill., 586; Miller vs. State, 16 Neb., 179; Kribs vs. People, 82 Ill., 426; Rauguth vs. People, 186 Ill., 93; Hughes OF Law, Sec. 530, 531; Snapp vs. Com., 82 Ky., 173.

113 Webb vs. State, 8 Tex. App., 310; Com. vs. Hays, 14 Gray (Mass)., 62. 114 Ker vs. People, 110 Ill., 646;

Underhills Cr. Ev., Sec. 289. 115 Edelhoff vs. State, 5 Wyom., 19;

Wiemer vs. People, 186 111., 503.