State v. Urbaytis

In Ms first assignment of error, the accused contends that the state failed to prove the corpus delicti of the offense charged; that an essential element of the crime of embezzlement is that the accused actually converted the money or property to his own use; that evidence of a demand, followed by a neglect or refusal to account, does not constitute proof of conversion; and that in the instant case there was no evidence of sufficient probative force to prove a fraudulent conversion of the money in question to the personal use and benefit of the accused.

The pertinent part of the applicable…