Heidingsfelder v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is embezzlement; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for ten years.

The trial was had in Williamson County on a change of venue from Harris County.

Appellant was engaged in the practice of law in the City of Houston, where he had known Mrs. Elizabeth Adele Pipkin about twenty-two years. Prior to her marriage, Mrs. Pipkin had lived in the home of appellant and his wife. When domestic trouble arose between Mrs. Pipkin and her husband, she employed appellant to represent her in securing a divorce; and gave him a power of attorney of date August 2, 1933,…