State v. Hale

MR. JUSTICE FREEBOURN:

Defendant, charged by information with obtaining $600.70 from Missoula county by false pretense and fraud, was upon trial found guilty by a jury, and by the court sentenced to serve three years in the state prison.

*327From the judgment of conviction defendant appeals.

Defendant, county surveyor of Missoula county, was also a member and secretary of the Missoula' county airport board. With the consent and knowledge of the other airport board members, defendant made claim for and received $600 from the county for work of supervising, planning and preparing plans and…