Sansberry v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Dale Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. M. Sollie. A. M. Sansberry was convicted of embezzlement, and he appeals. The indictment contained six. counts, the first three charging the embezzlement of money belonging to the corporation named. The last three charged the embezzlement of 12,000 pounds of lint cotton of the value of $1,400, the personal property of the said company, which came into his possession by virtue of his employment as agent of such corporation.
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Appeal from Dale Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. M. Sollie. A. M. Sansberry was convicted of embezzlement, and he appeals. The indictment contained six. counts, the first three charging the embezzlement of money belonging to the corporation named. The last three charged the embezzlement of 12,000 pounds of lint cotton of the value of $1,400, the personal property of the said company, which came into his possession by virtue of his employment as agent of such corporation. The fifth count alleges him as trustee, and the sixth count-as bailee. The following charges were refused the defendant:…
1Opinion of the Court
de GRAFFENRIED, J. —
The defendant was indicted for and convicted of thé crime of embezzlement.
The facts, so far as it is necessary for us to state them, are: That the Alabama Chemical Company, a corporation, sold a lot of commercial fertilizer to the defendant on credit. It was understood between the parties that the title to the goods was to remain in the Chemical Company until they were paid for. The defendant was a merchant, and the goods were delivered *119to liim with the understanding that he was to.sell them, in the course of his business as' a merchant, but that as they were sold the…
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