The defendant was indicted, tried, and convicted for embezzlement of a sum of money under $30, his punishment being assessed at a fine of $100.
The first point made here against the judgment of conviction is that Huber, who was alleged to be the owner of the money embezzled, was shown by the *263evidence not to be tbe general or special owner thereof. The facts were these, as the evidence tended to showr The defendant was a constable and Huber turned over to him, as such, an account to collect from one Stewart, of $9.90. Defendant collected the account in full, or at least all of it but ninety cents, and failed to account to Huber for the full amount, the evidence tending to show that he stated he had only collected $7, and of this that he only accounted for $4. The evidence further showed, as defendant contends, and we shall assume, that the account, though originally due Huber,, had been by him conveyed by chattel mortgage to-other parties and that it had also been by him assigned to his wife, the chattel mortgage having also been foreclosed. But it further appeared that the account was-in his hands as agent to bring about its collection. Under such circumstances in evidence the indictment may properly charge him to have been the owner. State v. Moore, 101 Mo. 316. But if not proper, it was not such a variance as should have affected the result. R. S. 1889, sec. 4114. Besides, if it was a variance, it. would have been necessary to have called the trial court’s special attention to the same and save an exception to an adverse ruling thereon. State v. Ballard, 104 Mo. 636.
Defendant suggests that he was authorized to contract with Huber for compensation for collecting the accounts and he introduced evidence tending to show,, if believed by the jury, that he was to get one half for collecting the account in controversy. Whatever compensation defendant may have had the right to contract for can not avail him on this appeal. The jury has found, under proper instructions, that he did not retain it under a contract of employment, but that he embezzled it as charged.
Defendant also urges that the evidence did not *264justify the verdict of the jury. We have examined the record and find that there was evidence sufficient to justify the finding — at least, the evidence is not sufficiently slight in character to justify us, under the limits which circumscribe an appellate court in reviewing evidence, in overturning the judgment, and it is accordingly affirmed.
All concur. ■