State v. Lorentz

Magney, Justice.

Defendant, convicted of violation of the so-called blue sky law by selling unregistered securities, appeals from an order denying his motion for a new trial.

In the information defendant was charged with selling unregistered securities to one Andrew Larson and other persons in the course of repeated and successive sales. These claimed unregistered securities consisted of contracts and deeds to burial lots in a cemetery located near the city of Willmar known as Clover Leaf Memorial Park. It is conceded that no application for registration was made. Defendant contends that the…