Farris v. State

The defendant, Robert L. Farris, was indicted for the offense of cheating and swindling in that he by “deceitful means and artful practices obtained from Gerald Martin, eight and 10/100 dollars ($8.10) in lawful money . . . the property of said Gerald Martin under the following circumstances, to wit: (1) The said Gerald Martin, on said date, was the owner of a certain RCA Victor television set which he then and there delivered to the said accused for the purpose of obtaining from the said Robert L. Farris certain repairs thereon, for the reason that said television set was not properly…