LEE v. COMMONWEALTH


105 S.E.2d 152 (1958)

200 Va. 233

Billy Bodkin LEE v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

October 13, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. W. Messick, Roanoke (Charles A. Hammer, Harrisonburg, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

Reno S. Harp, III, Asst. Atty. Gen. (A. S. Harrison, Jr., Atty. Gen., on brief), for defendant in error.

EGGLESTON, C. J., and SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, MILLER, WHITTLE and SNEAD, JJ.


WHITTLE, Justice.

On June 17, 1957, pursuant to a jury verdict, appellant, Lee, was sentenced to serve six months in jail for petit larceny.

The warrant on which Lee was tried charged that he did unlawfully and fraudulently "dispose of and embezzle from Douglas Pearce, Inc., one 6:70 x 15 [recapped automobile] tire of the approximate value of $16.15, which was entrusted and delivered to him by virtue of his office, trust and employment with the said corporation...

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