Lambeth v. State

Sneed, J.,

delivered tRe opinion of tRe court;

TRe prisoner appeals in error from a judgment of tRe criminal court of Shelby county, upon a conviction of the crime of embezzlement. TRe facts are, tRat tRe- prisoner, in October, 1873, was in tRe service of tRe SontRem Express Co., a corporation operating its franchise on tRe Mississippi & Tennesee Kailroad, whose northern terminus was at Memphis, where there was an office and agency' of said express company. TRe particular duties assigned to the defendant were the custody, carriage, and delivery of express packages between the cities of Memphis,…