James v. State

Tbe plaintiff in error, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, was convicted of embezzlement, and bis punishment fixed at imprisonment in tbe penitentiary for two years. From tbe judgment, tbe defendant has appealed.

An abstract of tbe testimony of tbe state, in substance, is as follows: Willie Walasky owned a farm in Delaware county and rented the same to Ned James and Pete James; they were living in tbe house owned by Wa-lasky; Walasky bad some cattle which was left on tbe place, and some other property; among tbe cattle was a black cow; shortly after the defendant moved on the place, the…