State v. Weigand

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fromme, J.:

The defendant, W. D. Weigand, was convicted by a jury of feloniously defrauding a doctor in Dodge City, Kansas, of $5,000 by false pretenses in violation of K. S. A. 21-551. Defendant was sentenced to the penitentiary for a period of not more than five years. This is a direct appeal from that conviction.

The charge arose from the defendant’s activities in promoting a marketing corporation to be organized for the purpose of promoting sales of a new and modern product to replace the common tooth brush. The product is a brushless toothpaste in…