State v. Patrick

Predicated upon the statute (Rem. Rev. Stat., § 2601 [P. C. § 8944]) which provides that

“Every person who, with intent to deprive or defraud the owner thereof . . .

“(3) Having any property in his possession, custody or control, as bailee, . . . agent . . . shall . . . appropriate the same to his own use or to the use of any person other than the true owner or person entitled thereto; . . . shall be guilty cf larceny,”

an information charging Paul Patrick and Victor C. Seiler with the crime of grand larceny was filed in the superior court for Grant county. Over objection, the court permitted a…