Hamman v. State

BELCHER, Judge.

The offense is embezzlement; the punishment, ten years.

The second count of the indictment, upon which the case was submitted to the jury, alleged that appellant “was an officer, agent servant and employee of Physicians Life and Accident Insurance Company of America” and that he embezzled, misapplied and converted to his own use $225,000 belonging to said company, which was under his care by virtue of such employment as such officer, agent, servant and employee.

The court, in his charge, required the jury to find that appellant was the agent of said company; that he received the…