State v. Brewington
New York Court of General Session of the Peace
Indictment for embezzlement as bailee, it being charged that the defendant, as the bailee of the property of the person therein named, embezzled and fraudulently converted the same to his own use. It was shown that the prosecuting witness gave $5.00 to the defendant to have it changed for her; that he, having accepted the money for that purpose, kept it and fraudulently converted it to his own use.
1Opinion of the CourtWoolley, J.
charging the jury:
Gentlemen of the jury: — The indictment under which this case is tried, describes the defendant as the bailee of the property of Clara Earl, and charges that as bailee he embezzled and fraudulently converted the same to his own use. The state represents that Clara Earl gave $5 to the defendant with instructions to have it changed; that the defendant accepted the money for that purpose, but instead of having it changed, he kept it and fraudulently converted it to his own use. The defendant claims that if the money was in fact so given to him, he had no recollection either of…
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