Maddox v. State

PRENDERGAST, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the embezzlement of $17, the property of A. Bernstein, and his penalty fixed at one month confinement in jail.

The evidence shows that Bernstein employed appellant to sell beer for him on a commission basis. Appellant was to collect for the beer; that appellant sold a large quantity of beer, collected for some of the sales and that Bernstein himself collected for others. How much either collected is not disclosed by the record. Appellant sold a large quantity of beer to various persons which Bernstein refused to consummate for the reason, as stated…