State v. Winstandley

Appellee was indicted, tried, and acquitted of the charge of embezzlement. The indictment was based upon section 2031, Burns’ R. S. 1894 (Acts 1891, p. 395). The State has appealed, and has assigned numerous errors, calling in question the action of the court in giving and refusing to give instructions. So far as the record shows, the court was not requested to instruct the jury in writing, nor is it shown that all the instructions given were in writing. Bills of exceptions containing instructions given by the court, as well as instructions requested by appellant, which the court refused to…