State v. Polakoff

WESTHUES, C.

[ 174] Appellant was convicted in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, Missouri, on a charge of obtaining money, that is, $200, by means of a bogus check. His punishment was fixed at seven years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. He appealed to this court.

Appellant’s first contention briefed is that the information is insufficient to meet the requirements of Section 561.450 Mo. R. S., 1949, under which section appellant was prosecuted. Appellant says that the information “fails to set forth in particularity the trick or device or false pretense by which” the money was…