Legal Opinion

Mendenhall v. State

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided March 9, 1920No. 23,565PublishedCited by 2 opinions

From Marion Criminal Court (49,061); James A. Collins, Judge. Prosecution by the State of Indiana against Olin Mendenhall. From a judgment of conviction, the defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtTownsend, C. J.

Appellant was charged, together with one Anna E. Pitt, by affidavit in three counts. The first charges larceny of a deed, and the second and third charge embezzlement of this deed. In each count the deed is set out. The court overruled appellant’s motion to quash each count. The trial was by court, and appellant was found guilty on the third count.

Section 2285 Burns 1914, Acts 1905 p. 584, §392, on which the second and third counts were based, provides that: “Every officer, agent, attorney, clerk, servant or employe of any person, etc., * * * who, haying access to, control or possession of…

2Cited by2 opinions

  1. Gentry v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1945
  2. Warren v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1945

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