Blake v. State

DICE, Commissioner.

The offense is embezzlement; the punishment, two years in the penitentiary.

The indictment charged that on or about the 15th day of March, 1961, the appellant did unlawfully and fraudulently embezzle $970 in money belonging to one B. J. Stahl-man.

It was shown by the state’s evidence that appellant was the manager of Cash-Way, Inc., a retail lumber business in the city of Houston. B. J. Stahlman, the injured party, was vice-president and general manager of the company and also president and general manager of Stahlman Lumber Company, which furnished materials to Cash-Way, Inc.