The Case of the Ice-Cold Hands — Erle Stanley Gardner

SUPPOSE YOU HAD EMBEZZLED SOME MONEY--and bet it on the nose on a long shot, at fifty to one.

And the horse came in first.

With your winnings you could easily replace the money you had embezzled and still have a big profit.

But when you went to cash in your winning tickets, your employer was there with a cop to arrest you for embezzlement--and to take over your winnings.

According to him, the money had always been his and the fact that you had made a lucky bet and intended to replace the money you had "borrowed" wouldn't stop you from going to jail or him from collecting the profits.

Would that be cause for murder?