Pepper v. People

The defendant was convicted of the crime of obtaining by means of false pretenses, the sum of $4,250 in money from the McKee Live Stock Commission Company, of the value of $4,250, and was sentenced to a term in the penitentiary. He brings the case to this court for review.

The false pretense alleged was that on the 19th day of February, 1920, at the City and County of Denver, the defendant falsely represented to the McKee Live Stock Commission Company that he had on that date purchased 39 head of steers for the sum and price of $4,250, and that the cattle so purchased were the property, and in…