Murray v. State

In this ease the plaintiff in error and one Mose Pinkney were jointly informed against. The informa tion charged them in one count with embezzlement and in the other with larceny. There was a severance granted, and at the close of the State’s evidence on the trial of plaintiff in error, he moved the court for an instructed verdict on both counts. The Court granted the motion as to the larceny count. The plaintiff in error was convicted and sentenced on the embezzlement count. The chief distinction between larceny and embezzlement lies in the character of the acquirement of possession of the…