Mell v. State

The defendant was accused of charging usury, a misdemeanor; in four counts. Count 1 charges the offense made penal by the Code, §§ 25-301 and 25-9902, and alleges that “On the 1st day of July, 1940, [the accused] did engage in the business of lending money in the amount of three hundred ($300) dollars, and less, and did charge, contract for, and receive a greater rate of interest than eight per centum per annum on said loans and for the use of said money from one Luther Peek, without having a license from the State Superintendent of Banks, contrary to the laws of said State, the good order,…