State v. Fields

LEEDY, Judge.

Richard Lee Fields was convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for a term of three years for the felony of attempting to obtain money by trick, false and fraudulent representations, statements and pretenses by means and use of “the confidence game.” See Section 561.450, RSMo 1959 and V.A.M.S. (to which revision all references to statutes apply, unless otherwise expressly noted).

The transcript on appeal is irregular and confusing. In the first place, it should not have included (as it does, and this at public expense) a copy of the Magistrate’s transcript which sets out such…