Lee v. Commonwealth

On June 17, 1957, pursuant to a jury verdict, appellant, Lee, was sentenced to serve six months in jail for petit larceny.

The warrant on which Lee was tried charged that he did unlawfully and fraudulently “dispose of and embezzle from Douglas Pearce, Inc., one 6:70 x 15 [recapped automobile] tire of the approximate value of $16.15, which was entrusted and delivered to him by virtue of his office, trust and employment with the said corporation, by selling and delivering said tire to Garland Showalter in said county and receiving the purchase price thereof and diverting said proceeds to his own…