Ray v. State

HENDERSON, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of embezzlement, and his punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of two years, and prosecutes this appeal.

One of the main contentions of appellant is, that the funds alleged to have been embezzled were the partnership property between himself and Lightfoot, prosecutor; and that consequently he could not be convicted of embezzling the same. We state succinctly the evidence on this subject. Lightfoot testified that he was in the cattle business; that he was buying and selling cattle; that he employed appellant to purchase cattle…