McCranie v. State

The indictment in this case charges that on May 12, 1934, in Ben Hill county, John MeCranie committed “the offense of a felony,” in that the said MeCranie, “after having been intrusted by S. P. Murray with 480-3/4 pounds of hens, 64 pounds of roosters, 69 pounds of sidemeat, 180 dozen eggs, 15 gallons of syrup, 16-1/4 pounds of hams, 17-1/2 lbs. of turkey, of the value of . . $139.44 . . , for the purpose of selling the same and paying the proceeds of such sale to S. P. Murray and S. B. Tomberlin, the owners of said property, did fraudulently convert the same to his own use and did dispose of…