People v. Boggess

The defendant was convicted of an alleged violation of section 14 of the “Corporate Securities Act,” which provides that, “Every officer, agent or employee of any company, . . . who, with knowledge of its falsity, files or causes to be filed in the - office of the commissioner any false statement or representation concerning such company or the property which it then holds or proposes to acquire, or concerning its officers or its financial condition or other affairs, ... is guilty of a public offense and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison not exceeding five years, or in a…