State v. Hanks

Defendant appeals from a judgment of conviction of the crime of obtaining property by false pretenses, which was rendered against him pursuant to the verdict of a jury. The grounds of appeal are that the information fails to state a public offense, and that the evidence is insufficient to sustain the verdict.

Defendant Hanks arranged by correspondence with R. A. Shumate, the owner of a stallion, to have the animal sold and delivered to him at Belgrade, the agreed price for the animal and for its delivery there being $260. Before the date set for delivery Shumate received through the mail a…