Jackson v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Bexar. Tried below before Hon. John H. Clark. Appeal from a conviction of embezzlement; penalty, five years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The statement of the essential facts in the opinion is so full as to obviate a further statement.
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of embezzlement, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of five years; hence this appeal.
The testimony on the part of the State shows that appellant, who was a negro, induced his aunt to sell a small place she owned in Gonzales County for $1400; that this money was turned over to him by his aunt, prosecutrix, and that he failed to account for the same. Appellant’s defense was based on two contentions. He claimed that under a power of attorney which prosecutrix executed in his favor he was authorized to use her funds…
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