State v. Cotton

— The dissenting opinion of the writer having received the concurrence of a majority of the' court has become the opinion of the court.

On December 31, 1946, the Polk County Grand Jury jointly indicted the defendant and Elmer G. Croft and H. H. Thompson and accused them of obtaining "money by false pretenses from said county through the issuance of its warrant for the sum of $1285.20. While the accused were indicted as principals under section 688.1, Code of 1946, it is the theory of the State that Croft was the principal actor and by his false pretenses directly' procured the said warrant and…