May v. State

Appellant, J. M. May, was convicted in the Circuit Court, First Judicial District of Chickasaw County, of embezzlement. The offense involves a wrongful conversion to his own use, by a promoter of a proposed insurance company, of money paid by a subscriber for a preincorporation subscription for shares of stock.

Omitting the formal parts, the indictment charged: ‘ ‘ That J. M. May in said District, County and State, on or about the 20th day of November, A. D., 1958, being then and there the trustee and agent of one W. V. Metts have in his possession and under his care as such, money and…