Kemp v. State

The indictment against H. N. Kemp was in six counts for cheating and swindling. There was a verdict of not guilty on count 1, count 2 was abandoned by the State, and a verdict of guilty was rendered on counts 3, 4, 5, and 6.

1. Special grounds 1, 2, 5, 9, 10, and 12 of the motion for new trial are not meritorious as to the points raised, that the charge in the indictment that the accused procured from named persons certain named amounts of dollars in money was not sustained by proof that he procured checks for these amounts. This objection would be good except for the fact that the State…