Hill v. State

Charles A. Hill, referred to herein as the defendant, was charged in a three-count indictment with embezzlement, larceny and fraudulent breach of trust. The court instructed the jury to disregard the embezzlement count. They returned a general verdict of guilty and fixed the maximum punishment of the defendant at four years in the penitentiary.

The facts constituting the offense, as charged in the several counts, are that the defendant, being the secretary and treasurer of the Charles A. Hill Company, a corporation, on November 21, 1924, issued a check on the corporation bank account in favor…