Taylor v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

is for swindling; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for four years.

The facts from the State’s point of view disclose that the appellant represented to the railway station agent at Logansport, Louisiana, that he possessed and desired to ship to Nacogdoches, Texas a carload of pipe which was situated at a switch near Logansport. A car having been placed for him, he reported to the agent that it was loaded and obtained from him a bill of lading showing the shipment. This bill of lading he later exchanged at Nacogdoches, Texas, for another, showing…