Any indictment charging a felonious taking or appropriation of the personal property of another, of any value, with intent to convert the property to the use of the defendant and to deprive the true owner of the property, shall be deemed a good and sufficient indictment for embezzlement or fraudulent breach of trust.
Code 1932, § 11642; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-1828.
Compiler's Notes. Pursuant to the Criminal Sentencing Reform Act of 1989, the former offense of embezzlement has been replaced by the new generic offense of theft. See §39-14-101.
Cross-References. Theft, title 39, ch. 14, part 1.
Textbooks. Tennessee Criminal Practice and Procedure (Raybin), § 16.19.
Law Reviews.
The Tennessee Court System — Criminal Court (Frederic S. Le Clercq), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 319.