Legal Opinion

State v. Clark

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided January 15, 1891PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from Wyandotte District Court. Prosecution for obtaining money under false pretenses. Erom a conviction at the March term, ,1890, the defendant Clark appeals. The opinion states the facts.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Green, C.:

The defendant in this ease was convicted in the district court of Wyandotte county of obtaining money under false pretenses. It was charged in the information that he obtained the sum of $5,600 from the Stock-Yards Bank, at Kansas City, Kansas, by falsely representing to the agent of the bank that he was the owner of 143 head of native Missouri four-year-old steers, and had good right to mortgage the same. The evidence for the state disclosed the fact that the defendant was indebted to the firm of Irwin, Allen & Co., of Kansas City, in the sum of $3,100, at the time the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. People v. WakelyMichigan Supreme Court · 1886
  2. People v. JordanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1884
  3. State v. MatthewsSupreme Court of Kansas · 1890

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. State v. McCormickSupreme Court of Kansas · 1896
  2. State v. HandkeSupreme Court of Kansas · 1959
  3. Clawson v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1906
  4. State v. BargerSupreme Court of Kansas · 1938
  5. State v. MeyerSupreme Court of Kansas · 1938

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