82 S.W. 651 | Tex. Crim. App. | 1904
Appellant was convicted of embezzlement, and his punishment assessed at two years confinement in the penitentiary. The indictment is in two counts, charging appellant with embezzlement of a horse, alleged to have come into his possession as bailee of one B.F. Carter. The indictment appears to have been drawn under article 938 Penal Code. Under the facts of this case the indictment properly charged embezzlement instead of theft. The facts briefly stated show that appellant was the servant and employee of Carter, and as such was sent by him to the village of Battle, McLennan County, to buy and bring home some medicine for prosecutor; and was entrusted by prosecutor with the mare to ride for said purpose. The appropriation of the animal under such circumstances would not have constituted theft under the general statute, appellant being the mere servant of James. Bailey v. State, 18 Texas Crim. App., 425; Graves v. State, 42 S.W. Rep., 300. Although the act may have constituted theft of property acquired by bailment under article 877 Penal Code, that affords no reason why it would not also constitute embezzlement under the general statute. In Livingston v. State,
Affirmed.
Davidson, Presiding Judge, absent. *161