Bedford v. State

„ HARPER, Judge.

—Appellant was prosecuted and convicted of swindling, from which judgment he prosecutes this appeal.

It is alleged that appellant represented to Thomas Engates that he was the owner of lot Ño. 8 in block Ho. 3 of the Sweeney Addition to the City of Houston, and borrowed from him $50, agreeing to give him a note for $75, payable in sixty days, and secure the payment of the note by giving a deed of trust on said lot in said block, which instruments he executed and delivered to Engates at the time he received the money from him. The basis of the alleged swindle is that appellant…