Whipple v. State

HARRIS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the offense of obtaining money by false pretenses and his sentence was fixed at seven (7) years imprisonment in the penitentiary.

The victim of this offense was an eighty-four year old woman living alone in the Mooresville community of Limestone County, Alabama. She lived in a small house that was built new after her son died about eight years prior to the date of the offense which occurred on August 13, 1970. Prior to this date the victim, Mrs. Anne Peebles, drew checks on the Peebles Farm Account without co-signatory. After this date, two signatures…