State v. Kreiss

The defendant was charged by information with the crime of having obtained $100 from C. B. Petty by aid of fraudulent and false representations. The trial resulted in a verdict of guilty. After the motion for a new trial had been overruled, a judgment was entered upon the verdict, and the defendant appeals.

The appellant was the manager of the Hemphill Trade School, located in Seattle. On November 14, 1923, Petty, the complaining witness, went to see him, after having read an advertisement in one of the Seattle papers relative to enrolling in the school. At this time the appellant gave to the…