State v. Ward

— The defendant, Nathaniel L. Ward, was convicted of the crime of grand larceny and sentenced to a term in the penitentiary. The information charged that, while acting as attorney, agent, or trustee of Sarah C. Hughes and Peter Hughes, her husband, the defendant collected and came into possession of property of theirs, by reason of such relation,

“and did then and there, without the consent of . the said Sarah C. Hughes and her husband', Peter Hughes, or either of them, wilfully, unlawfully, and feloniously embezzle said property, consisting of more than twenty-five ($25) dollars, lawful money…