State v. Brantingham

The defendant was charged with having obtained $500 from Mrs. Annie C. Mitchell by false representations and pretenses. Upon the trial, at the conclusion of the state’s case, the defendant moved the court to dismiss the information and discharge him upon the ground, among others, that the evidence failed to establish the offense charged, or any offense. The motion was overruled, and defendant rested without offering testimony. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and judgment was entered thereon. From that judgment the appeal is prosecuted. The evidence is presented in a bill of exceptions,…