Legal Opinion

State v. Johnson

Texas Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1858PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Appeal from Cherokee. Tried below before Hon. R. A. Reeves. Indictment for embezzlement.

1Opinion of the CourtRoberts, J.

This indictment charges that “ H. S. Johnson Clerk, (of a Lodge of Odd Fellows, &c.,) did receive as Clerk as aforesaid, from divers persons, the sum of sixty dollars of the property of said corporate body, and did then and there convert the said sixty dollars to his own use, without the consent of his employers,” <fcc.

The Article of the Code, (771,) under which this is drawn, reads as follows, (leaving out that which cannot apply to this case,) to-wit:

“Article 771. If any officer, agent, or clerk of any incorporated company or institution, shall convert to his own use,, without the consent…

2Cited by14 opinions

  1. State v. HarmonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1891
  2. State v. BrooksTexas Supreme Court · 1874
  3. Taylor v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1891
  4. Huntsman v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1882
  5. Brady v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1886

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