McGlothen v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Rees

Affirming.

The grand jury of Fayette County returned an indictment against George McGlothen charging him with embezzling $250 from his employer, the Time Finance Company, a corporation, a crime denounced by KRS 434.010. He was convicted and sentenced to imprisonment in the state reformatory for a period of one year. Appellant seeks a reversal of the judgment on two grounds: (1) The court erred in impaneling the jury; and (2) he was entitled to a directed verdict of acquittal.

On October 29, 1946, when the alleged crime wa3 committed, appellant was the assistant…