State v. Edwards

The appellant was convicted in the Circuit Court of Chariton County of embezzling 3,353 bushels and 25 pounds of wheat valued at $3051.63, the property of Luke V. Moulder. The jury assessed his punishment at two years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary,. and on a paper separate from the verdict unanimously recommended a parole or clemency. The grounds for reversal urged on this appeal, among others, are: (1) that the trial court erred in overruling appellant’s motion to quash, which alleged the information failed to charge any offense under the statute, Section 4079, Revised Statutes 1929 (Mo.…