Eilers v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Lavaca. Tried below before Hon. P. H. Green, County Judge. Appellant was convicted of embezzlement of an amount under the value of $20, and his punishment assessed at a fine of $1 and confinement in the county jail for one hour. The opinion states the facts.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of embezzling $6.85 in money belonging to T. H. Pulliam. Pulliam employed appellant to collect about $5000 of old store accounts, and agreed to give him one-half of the collections. Appellant agreed to pay costs of collections, and on this line there was an issue as to whether court costs were included. The testimony left this in doubt. The accounts were turned over to appellant, and some collections were made and suits brought. Pulliam also collected some of the debts, and each seemed to have retained collections made by himself. ^Neither accounted to…
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