Government of the Virgin Islands v. Brooks

MICHAEL, Municipal Judge

In this case the defendant is charged with embezzlement. The complaint reads as follows:

“That on or about November 29, 1963, being an agent of Virgin Islands Upholstery, a private business entity, entrusted with the receipt and safe keeping of monies received on behalf of said firm, did wilfully and fraudulently appropriate, to a use and purpose not in due and lawful execution of his trust, the sum of Seventy-five Dollars ($75.00), received from Mrs. Berecia Lewis, for the account of Virgin Islands Upholstery, which said money had been entrusted to his possession and…