State v. Conner

At the September term, 1886, of the court below, an indictment against John W. Conner, the appellee, for obtaining property under false pretences, was returned by the grand jury.

The indictment was in two counts, and, on a motion to quash, both counts were held to be insufficient, and the appellee was discharged.

The first count charged, that on and prior to the 6th day of March, 1885, the appellee and one James A. McClellan were partners in the sale of dry goods and of general merchandise, in the town of Oakland, in the county of Gibson, in this State, under the firm name of Conner &…