Pope v. State

HARPER, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of embezzlement, and his punishment assessed at two years confinement in the penitentiary.

Appellant at one time was a member of the Wendell-Pope Jewelry Company, which firm was indebted to Shuttles Brothers & Lewis of Dallas, Texas. The Wendell-Pope Company failed, and bankruptcy proceedings were had. A conversation took place between appellant and a member of the Shuttles firm on their way to attend a creditors’ meeting, and at this time it was agreed that Mr. Pope would continue in business in Dallas, doing business in his wife’s (M. E. Pope’s) name.…