Sharpensteen v. State

On a jury trial, appellants were found guilty of violating the provisions of § 67-717, Ark. Stats., 1947 (Acts 1943, No. 232, § 1, p. 486), which provides :

“It shall be unlawful for any person in this State to secure any goods, wares, and merchandise, credit, or anything of value by means of a check or draft drawn upon any bank or institution outside of the State of Arkansas when said check or draft shall be dishonored or payment refused on account of the giver of such draft or check not having sufficient funds on deposit in said bank to pay said check or draft”.

Section 67-718: “Any person…