State v. . Eubanks

139 S.E. 451, 194 N.C. 319, 1927 N.C. LEXIS 84

• Court: Supreme Court of North Carolina
• Decided: October 5, 1927
• Status: Published

Opinion

Stacy, 0. J.

There is evidence on behalf of the State, from which the jury could and did find: (1) That on 4 October, 1926, the defendant, C. E. Eubanks, was the agent of the prosecutor, John Smith, and charged with the duty of selling, on the Greenville market, a load of tobacco and receiving the price therefor, the property of his principal; (2) that he did in fact receive such money amounting to $110; (3) that he received it in the course of his employment; and (4) that he intentionally and wrongfully converted it to his own use, knowing that it was not his own.

Tbis evidence was sufficient to constitute tbe crime of embezzlement, bence tbe case was properly submitted to tbe jury. S. v. Gulledge, 173 N. C., 746; S. v. Long, 143 N. C., 674; S. v. Connor, 142 N. C., 708; S. v. Summers, 141 N. C., 843; S. v. Blackley, 138 N. C., 620.

Tbe motion for judgment as of nonsuit, made under C. S., 4643, was properly overruled.

No error.