Every person intrusted with any property as bailee, tenant, or lodger, or with any power of attorney for the sale or transfer thereof, who fraudulently converts the same or the proceeds thereof to his own use, or secretes it or them with a fraudulent intent to convert to his own use, is guilty of embezzlement.
Cal. Penal Code § 507
Embezzlement
Applied in 10 court decisions — leading case 126 Cal. App. 2d 763 - People v. Bartges (1954)
Most recently applied in 126 Cal. App. 2d 763 - People v. Bartges (July 1954)
Enacted 1872.
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