Davis v. State

Appellant was indicted for embezzlement under Section 2118, Mississippi Code of 1942. The trial resulted in a verdict of guilty, and appellant was sentenced to serve a term of five years in the penitentiary.

The jury found upon ample proof that appellant, a beer dealer, obtained delivery from the Lawrence Warehouse Company of a quantity of beer under a contract or agreement that he would transport the beer to the Miller Brewing Company at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and exchange it for other beer, and that upon making the exchange of the beer obtained from the warehouse company for new beer, he…