State v. . MacRae

Clark, J.:

The defendant asked the Court to charge: “If the jury believe that the cotton was placed in the hands of-the defendant by its owner, and the defendant, so having charge of it, took some of it or otherwise disposed of it to his own use, he would not be guilty of larceny.” In lieu thereof the Court charged “ that while it was a general rule of law that the agent or employee, or other person to whose possession the owner of personal property had entrusted it, could not commit larceny, because such person had come into possession of the property legally, still there are exceptions to…