Meland v. State

Appellant, as defendant below, was charged by indictment with the offense of obtaining by false pretenses the signature to a promissory note of a woman for whom he was acting as attorney. A special judge having been appointed upon his application, the cause was submitted for trial and a finding was made and entered on the order book that he was guilty as charged, and for his offense should be imprisoned in the county jail for six months and fined $50. The special judge died without having signed the record of proceedings on the last day of the trial when the finding was made, and a month…