State v. Watkins

WESTHUES, C.

Appellant was charged, by an indictment, in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, Missouri, with the crime of embezzlement. The indictment alleged that appellant, on May 14, 1931, as the agent and servant of William and Grace Ehrenberg, embezzled the sum of $8720. Upon a trial he was found guilty and the jury, by their verdict,’ assessed a punishment of five years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. From the sentence imposed he duly appealed.

The principal point upon which a reversal of the judgment is sought is, as appellant contends, that the evidence failed to establish an…