People v. Anderson

Defendant appeals from a judgment of conviction of the crime of grand theft and from an order denying his motion for a new trial.

Briefly, the facts relating to the transaction upon which the prosecution of defendant was predicated were that defendant falsely represented to a foreman of the owner of certain hay that defendant was acting as a purchasing agent for “F. F. Fuller & Co.” and thereby induced the owner of the hay to deliver its possession unto defendant; and thereupon, acting for himself, defendant sold the hay to a third person and refused to pay the original owner therefor.

Appellant…