State v. . Blair

Dec 11, 1946
Reporters:
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Before:
Per Curiam.
Per Curiam.

The embezzlement statute creates an offense unknown at common ‍​‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‍law. It applies only to the classes of persons therein naméd. *71 S. v. Whitehurst, 212 N. C., 300, 193 S. E., 657; S. v. ‍​‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‍Eurell, 220 N. C., 519, 17 S. E. (2d), 669. It does not embrace a vendor in an executory contract of purchase ‍​‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‍and sale. Hence the court below erred in denying the defendant’s motion to dismiss as in case of nonsuit.

The defendant ‍​‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‍did not appeal from the judgment pronounced in the ease (4430) consolidated and tried with this indictment.’ Hence, said judgment ‍​‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‍is not affected by this opinion.

The judgment below (4477) is

Eeversed.