People v. Donaldson

Aaron Butler Donaldson was tried and convicted in the circuit court of Christian county upon an indictment charging him with the confidence game. The indictment contains seven counts. At the close of the evidence for the prosecution a motion was made to instruct the jury to find the defendant not guilty as to each of the counts of the indictment. The motion was sustained as to the first, second, fourth, sixth and seventh counts and overruled as to the third and fifth counts, and exceptions were duly preserved to the ruling.

Omitting formal parts, the third count of the indictment charged “that…