Cornish v. State

Pope, Judge.

Defendant Cornish was employed as a manager of a Tenneco Oil Company gasoline and convenience store. He was prosecuted and convicted of theft by taking $2,487 in cash belonging to the store which was supposed to have been delivered to a messenger of Wells Fargo Armored Service Corporation and deposited with the bank. Defendant’s sole ground for appeal is that the evidence presented at trial was insufficient to support his conviction. We agree.

Defendant’s supervisors testified it was the duty of the store manager to assure there was no more than $200 in cash in the cash register at…