State v. Hellen

Appeal from the municipal court of St. Paul by the two defendants in a criminal prosecution, defendant B. H. Hellen having been convicted and sentenced to a 90-day workhouse term and the defendant association having been fined $100.

Appellants were tried on the complaint of one McCarthy, which charged them with wrongfully, wilfully, and unlawfully engaging-in a trick and device to procure money. The defendant association was organized under the laws of Iowa by defendant Hellen, who later became its president, and two others. The articles of incorporation stated among other things that the…