Lewis v. State

1. On a true bill, returned on April 22, 1949, Julian H. Lewis was indicted for larceny after trust under Code § 26-2809. He was convicted and sentenced to serve from two to five years in the penitentiary. His motion for a new trial was overruled and he excepted.

The jury was authorized to find that from March 1947 until June 1948, the defendant' was a bookkeeper employed by D. A. Eubanks, doing business as Eubanks Appliance Company, in a fiduciary capacity. The duties of the defendant were to keep books, to handle money, to make bank deposits, to make up pay rolls and to pay employees,…