Stafford v. Commonwealth

STEPHENSON, Justice.

Daniel Stafford was charged in Fayette Circuit Court with embezzlement. A jury returned a verdict of guilty imposing a seven-year prison sentence. Stafford appeals.

Stafford claims he should have had a directed verdict on the trial because of a variance between the proof and the indictment and because the evidence of the Commonwealth did not warrant submitting the case to the jury. He further asserts error in the instructions.

In January 1969, Great Southern, Incorporated, negotiated a loan with Central Bank & Trust Company of Lexington in the amount of $85,000 and pledged…