Stockton v. State

The appellant, Finis E. Stockton, was indicted in the Franklin Circuit Court of the Ozark District in two counts. The first count charged the larceny of a Government bond of one thousand dollars, belonging to J. S. Turner. The second count in the indictment charged the defendant with embezzling the same bond.

The defendant demurred to the indictment on the ground that it did not state facts sufficient to constitute the crime of larceny or embezzlement. The court overruled the demurrer, and appellant filed a motion in arrest of judgment, which was also overruled, and exceptions saved. The…