State v. Aures

MOFFAT, Chief Justice.

The defendant, Jacob Aures, was convicted of embezzlement after trial by jury. He appeals.

Section 103-15-5, Revised Statutes of Utah, 1933, defines “embezzlement” as follows:

“Every person intrusted with any property as bailee, tenant or lodger, or with any power of attorney for the sale or transfer thereof who fraudulently converts the same, or the proceeds thereof, to his own use, or secretes it with a fraudulent intent to convert it to his own use, is guilty of embezzlement.”

Three points are before the court on this appeal. The first has reference to instructions to…