Holton v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Accusation, of cheating and swindling. Before Judge Williams. City court of Waycross. June'term, 1899.
1Opinion of the CourtLittle, J.
1. An accusation was preferred in the city court of Waycross against the plaintiff in error, charging him with the offense of cheating and swindling. On the trial of the ease the evidence of the State tended to establish the following *128facts: Holton approached M. S. and J. L. Lee and asked them to purchase a certain lot of land in "Ware county, being a wild lot, and represented to them that it was owned by one Conally, and that he had a power of attorney from Conally to sell the land. He represented the title of Conally to be a good and genuine title, superior to any other claim of title to…
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