Stone v. State

HARRIS, Judge.

Appellant stands convicted of the crime of false pretense for which he received a ten-year sentence in the penitentiary. He was represented by retained counsel at all stages of the trial below and he is represented by trial counsel on this appeal. At arraignment he pleaded not guilty.

Omitting the formal parts, the indictment reads:

“The Grand Jury of said County charge that before finding this indictment on, to-wit: May 31, 1974, Donald Stone did falsely pretend to Frances Melton and Jane Spradley, with intent to defraud, that he had certain stones which were true diamonds, of…