Silvers v. State
Silvers v. State
Opinion of the Court
The indictment was drawn under the Code, § 26-2809, which reads in part: “Any person who has been intrusted by another with money, note, bill of exchange, bond, check, draft, order for the payment of money, cotton, or other produce, or any other article or thing of value, for the purpose of applying the same for the use or benefit of the owner or person delivering it, who shall fraudulently convert the same to his own use, shall be punished by imprisonment and labor in the penitentiary for not less than one year nor more than five years.” While there was no demurrer to the indictment, it will be noted that it is nowhere alleged therein that the truck in question was entrusted to the defendant for the use and benefit of the owner Hammond, in accordance with the provisions of law in that statute. The indictment alleges that the truck was entrusted by the owner to the defendant for the purpose of “hauling lumber.” The indictment nowhere alleges for whom the lumber was to be hauled. The State’s evidence shows that the truck was loaned to the defendant to be used by the defendant for himself “to cut some timber.” The evidence fails to show that the truck was used to haul lumber. The evidence shows that it was used for cutting timber and not for hauling lumber. Therefore we think that the verdict can not stand for
The other assignments of error are without merit. .
Judgment reversed.
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