Hendrix v. State

[1] The indictment charges that the defendant, by means of certain false pretenses to Ross Blackmon, in the indictment specifically set out, “obtained from the said Ross Blackmon $500,” and in support of this charge the court, over a timely and appropriate objection by the defendant, allowed the state to prove that the defendant obtained from said Blackmon a check on the First National Bank of Anniston, which the evidence shows was presented to the bank, and that the bank either paid the defendant the amount called for by the check, or accepted the check as a payment on an indebtedness due…