State v. Armstrong

STUART, Justice.

A Black Hawk County jury convicted Dale Armstrong and his sister Shirley But-tolph of the crime of obtaining money by false pretenses in violation of section 713.1, 1966 Code. Each was sentenced to a term not to exceed seven years in the appropriate state reformatory.

Armstrong, under an assumed name and representing that he was an insurance agent for Wabash Life Insurance Company of Indiana, obtained a $6000 check from Mrs. Brimmer, age 82, as the first annual premium on a life insurance policy to be issued to her by Wabash. She later requested the return of the check. It was…