People v. Lewis

Defendant, convicted of embezzlement, appeals. The information filed contains four counts charging him with, 1. embezzlement; 2. felonious abstraction; 3. fraudulent misapplication; and 4. fraudulent misappropriation; of $12,480.52, from the Cooperative Savings & Loan Association of Flint, of which he was secretary-treasurer, director, and agent.(1) The offense of embezzlement has been much discussed. Taylor v. Kneeland, 1 Doug. 67; People v. McKinney, 10 Mich. 54; People v. Butts, 128 Mich. 208; 20 C. J. p. 409; 9 R. C. L. p. 1264. In this State it was, at the time the offenses charged are…