State v. . Jones

The allegation in the indictment was, that the defendant intending to cheat, etc., one Collins, unlawfully, knowingly, etc., sold him four barrels of lightwood chips, billets of wood, and dirt, covered on top with turpentine, for four barrels of merchantable turpentine, (Scrape, as it is known in the trade,) for which he obtained ten dollars.

It was in evidence for the State, that the defendant endeavored to sell the barrels, purporting to contain scrape to one Britt before going to the store of Collins, but Britt discovering something suspicious in the appearance of the barrels, asked to…