State v. Anaya

OPINION OP THE COURT

PARKER, J.

The indictment charged that the appellant on a certain day, “having been intrusted with 918 head of sheep” of the property of Theodorita J. de Baca, of the value of $5,000, embezzled and fraudulently converted the same to his own use. Several questions made by the appellant depend for solution upon what section of the statutes the indictment was drawn under, counsel for appellant contending that it was drawn under section 1543, Code 1915, and the Attorney General asserting it was drawn under section 1618.

Section 1543 provides, in substance, that any person…