Grubbs v. State

This is an appeal from a conviction in a trial by jury for theft by deception in violation of the Offenses Against Property Act, Acts 196B (Spec. Sess.), ch. 10, §§ 1 to *41213, Burns Ind. Stat. Ann. §§ 10-3028 to 10-3041. The appellant was sentenced to the Indiana State Farm for a term of one (1) year and fined Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) and costs.

The appellant was charged in the affidavit with knowingly obtaining “by deception control over the property of the owner, Donald L. Whitehead d/b/a Whitehead Oil Company, to-wit: $10.00 in United States currency, with the intent to permanently…