Reside v. State

Citations

• 10 Tex. Ct. App. 675

Syllabus

<p>1. Embezzlement.— Indictment or information for embezzlement must allege the value of the embezzled property.</p> <p>2. Same,—The value is not sufficiently alleged by describing the embezzled property as ‘1 eight dollars in money consisting of one five-dollar bill, one two-dollar bill, and one one-dollar bill, circulating medium current as money.”</p> <p>3. Same—Theft—Indictment.—Appellant was charged with embezzlement as a “ bailee ” of certain funds “ to be by him conveyed ” to a designated place. Queere: Should not the prosecution have been for theft instead of embezzlement, conformably to article 188 of the Revised Penal Code, whereby embezzlement by a carrier is made theft ?</p>