Atwood v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

The offense is swindling. The punishment assessed is confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of five years.

Appellant’s first complaint relates to the court’s action in overruling his motion to quash the indictment which contains six counts. The court submitted the case to the jury on the fifth count only. We have examined that count and deem it sufficient to charge the offense.

He next challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to justify and sustain his conviction.

The State’s evidence shows that on the 4th day of March, 1947, appellant appeared at the home of W. C.…