Eggleston v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Colbert- Tried before the Hon. E. B. Almox. The indictment under which the defendant was tried and convicted was' in 'words and figures as follows: “The grand jury of said county charge that before the finding of this indictment Albert Eggleston, being the bailee of Thornton Stanley, embezzled or fraudulently converted to his own use or fraudulently secreted with intent to convert to his own use one twenty dollar gold coin of the United…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Colbert- Tried before the Hon. E. B. Almox. The indictment under which the defendant was tried and convicted was' in 'words and figures as follows: “The grand jury of said county charge that before the finding of this indictment Albert Eggleston, being the bailee of Thornton Stanley, embezzled or fraudulently converted to his own use or fraudulently secreted with intent to convert to his own use one twenty dollar gold coin of the United States the personal property of Thornton Stanley, which came into the possession of said Albert Eggleston by virtue of such…
1Opinion of the CourtTyson, J.
It is doubtless the law that if defendant, when he received the twenty dollar gold piece, entertained the fraudulent purpose of appropriating it to his own use, the taking would be felonious, and would constitute a larceny.—Levy v. The State, 79 Ala. 259. But if, after acquiring the possession of the money as the agent of its owner for the purpose of 'changing it or having it changed, he conceived the fraudulent intent to convert it to his'own use or to the use of another, or he fraudulently secreted it with intent to convert it to his_ own use or to the use of another, he was guilty of…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Crawford v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1895
- Goldsmith v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1894
- Butler v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1890
- Pullam v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1884
- Levy v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1885
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Jarvis v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1902
- Benefield v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1971
- Knight v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1907
- Jackson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1947
- Jackson v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1947
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