State v. Gowin

Defendant appellant Paul Gowin appeals from a judgment entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of embezzlement by a servant 1 of property having a value in excess of $150.00, and the sentence entered thereon for an indeterminate maximum term of three years. Gowin’s primary contention before this Court is that the state failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he had a fraudulent intention to appropriate the items in question to his own use.

Gowin began working for Finke Lumber Company, Inc., of Pierce, Idaho, in early May, 1974, as a mechanic, working in the shop and on location at…