Caswell v. State

Caswell was indicted jointly with one Paul for the offense of misdemeanor. The indictment charged that Caswell and Paul “did falsely and fraudulently, and with intent to defraud Reid & Company, . . . represent to the said . . Reid '& Company that a certain bay mare mule about nine years old, which was then and there the property of said W. H. Paul, was a sound mule, entirely able to perform the labor of farm work, and without any defect whatever, and did, on the faith of such false representations, induce the said Reid & Company to accept said mule in a mule trade at the valuation of $140,…