Strong v. State

This was a prosecution against George E. Strong for obtaining money under false pretences. R. S. 1881, section 2204.

The indictment was in four counts. Motions to quash each count were severally overruled. A jury found the defendant guilty as charged in the first count of the indictment; that he should be fined in the sum of $10, and be imprisoned in the State’s prispn for the term of four years. A motion for a new trial being first overruled, judgment was rendered upon the verdict.

The first count of the indictment charged that the defendants, on the 27th day of September, 1881, for the…