State v. Mullen
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Wayne District Cowrt. — Hon. H. M. Townee, Judge. Defendant was indicted, tried, and convicted of the crime of cheating by false pretenses, and from the judgment imposed appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Deemee, J. —
It is charged that by certain false, and fraudulent representations and pretenses defendant secured from one A. G. Widmer a certain check for’the sum of $5,000 -in -payment of fifty shares of stock in a corporation *394known as the Southwest Smelting & Refining Company, a corporation organized under the laws of New Mexico. The alleged representations were, in effect, as charged: (1) That the stock was of the par value of $100 per share. (2) That the indebtedness of the corporation did not exceed the sum of $10,000. (3) That the shares of stock were “treasury stock’” owned by the…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Ellis v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1909
- Gere v. Council Bluffs Ins.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1885
- Baker v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1894
- Secor v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1903
- People v. . JohnsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1887
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