Pye v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

—Appellant was convicted of felony embezzlement in the Criminal District Court of Harris County, "and his punishment fixed at two years in the penitentiary.

Appellant was a real estate agent and from the evidence negotiated for the purchase of certain real property in the city of Houston, acting in the capacity of agent for one Smith. There was a vendor’s lien evidenced by a note, against said property, the amount of which was $950, and appellant informed Mr. Smith that if he would pay him that amount he in turn would pay off the lien note and secure a release of same.…