State v. O'Brien

The defendant was charged with the crime of making a false and exaggerated report of a corporation. From a conviction and sentence thereunder he has appealed.

Many assignments of error are noted, but one of which requires discussion.

It is urged that the appellant was charged under Rem. Comp. Stat., § 2642 [P. C. § 8899], when the evidence disclosed an offense, if any, under § 3829 [P. C. § 4513].

The evidence disclosed that appellant, as president of the Northwest Finance Company, a corporation, made an annual report of its business for the year 1922, to the stockholders and directors which…