Goddard v. State

The defendant was convicted of cheating and swindling, in the city court of Cartersville, on evidence substantially as follows: The accused was the owner of a light bay medium-sized horse, which he sold to the prosecutor for $35. At the time of the sale he represented to the prosecutor that the horse “was not over 10 or 12 years old, and .was a good corn and fodder eater, and was sound in every respect.” The prosecutor' saw the horse before he bought him, and drove him to his buggy. He was apparently very old, and was very poor. The accused told the prosecutor that his condition was due to…