Shelley v. State

BOWLING, Justice,

for the Court:

Appellant was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County for the crime of embezzlement. The facts of the case are undisputed. The question before us is simply whether or not under these facts, a person may be found guilty of the crime charged.

The embezzlement statute under which appellant was indicted is Mississippi Code Annotated, Section 97-23-25 (1972), which reads as follows:

If any person shall fraudulently appropriate personal property or money which has been delivered to him on deposit, or to be…