Etheridge v. State

Blandford, Justice.

1. The plaintiff in error was indicted, under section 4424 of the code, for fraudulently converting to his own use the proceeds of a horse with which he had been intrusted by the owner to sell, and was convicted. The testimony of Bagwell, the prosecutor, showed that he had delivered the horse to defendant under an agreement between them that accused was to take the horse and sell him and to be at all expense, and was to have all over forty-five dollars the horse brought. The accused failing to sell the horse, Bag-well agreed that he might have all over forty dollars he…