Prisock v. State

Appellant, Lee V. Prisock, was convicted in the Circuit Court of Hinds County of an attempt to commit the statutory crime of false pretenses or cheat. He was sentenced to three years in the state penitentiary, and disbarred from the practice of law.

The substantive offense is defined in Miss. Code 1942, Pec., Sec. 2149: “Every person who, with intent to cheat or defraud another, shall designedly, by color of any false token or writing, or by another false pretense, obtain the signature of any person to any written instrument, or obtain from any person any money, personal property, or valuable…