State v. Cline

Defendants appeal from their convictions of the crime of obtaining money by false pretenses following jury trial int he district court of Lewis and Clark County before the Hon. W. W. Lessley, district judge presiding.

The prosecution arose out of a claim for Workmen’s Compensation benefits in connection with the death of Wesley Wampole. Defendant Bretz, an attorney, prepared the claim for Wampole’s widow, Nona, in which it was represented that Wampole died as a result of a severe strain suffered on January 8, 1973, while employed at Courtesy Mobile Homes. Courtesy was a corporation of which…