Reynolds v. State

BROWN, Justice.

In King v. State, 15 Ala.App. 67, 70, 72 So. 552, 554, it was observed that: “It is a familiar rule that when one acquires the possession of property tortiously, and afterwards conceives and executes the purpose to convert it, he may be guilty of larceny. Weaver v. State, 77 Ala. 26; Dozier v. State, 130 Ala. 57, 30 So. 396. Also that where one has the bare charge or custody of property of another, the property being under the dominion and control of the owner, the party having the bare custody may be guilty of larceny if he converts it to his own use with the purpose of…