Dressel v. People

Opinion by

MR. JUSTICE ERICKSON.

E. D. Dressel, hereinafter referred to as the “defendant,” was convicted of embezzlement by a warehouseman of property exceeding twenty dollars in value. C.R.S. 1963, 40-5-18. The statute provides, in pertinent part:

“A.. . warehouseman.. . or his employee, who, with intent to defraud, sells, or in any way disposes of, or applies or converts to his own use, any bill of lading, custom house permit, or warehouse keeper’s receipt, entrusted to or possessed by him, or any property entrusted or consigned to him, or the proceeds or profits of any sale of such property,…