98 Miss. 64
Decided March 15, 1910
Mississippi Supreme Court · decided 1910-03-15
Hon. H. C. Mounger, Judge. A. G. Russell and W. W. Moore were indicted for embezzlement. From a verdict for defendants the state appeals. A. G. Russell and W. W. Moore were agents for several insurance companies including the Palatine Insurance Company, and were both located in the city of Vicksburg, Mississippi. They were appointed by the said Palatine Insurance Company on May 1, 1907, and continued up to January 24, 1910, when the agency was taken from them by the company.
Decided 1910-03-15
¶1The defendants conld not he guilty of embezzlement, if the money which they are alleged to have embezzled never came into their possession. The very utmost that can be claimed for the testimony in this record is that it' may show that the defendants are indebted to the insurance company. The action' of the court below was correct. Affirmed.
¶2Per Curiam;. The above opinion is adopted as the opinion of the court, and for reasons therein indicated the judgment is affirmed.