State v. Fitzgerald

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, C. J.:

The defendant was convicted on five counts which charged him with violation of the speculative securities act (G. S. 1935 and G. S'. 1939 Supp., 17-1223 et seq.).

He appeals, urging three errors, the first of which is based on the overruling of his motion to be discharged at the close of the state’s evidence. The information had charged that defendant unlawfully sold unregistered speculative securities, to wit: “shares . . . capital stock of the Mines and Minerals, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws…