Wright v. United States

MARTIN, Acting Associate Justice.

This is an appeal from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. The appellant, Thomas J. Wright, otherwise known as Charles M. Wells, was convicted in that court of the crime of embezzling the sum of $50 in money, from one James S. Stephens, his employer. He was sentenced to a term of imprisonment.

It was claimed by the prosecution that Stephens owned and conducted a retail store, called “The Trench,” in the city of Washington; that he employed the defendant to work for him on a commission basis of 35 per cent, of the profits; that the defendant commenced…