State v. Krouse

This is an appeal from á judgment of conviction for obtaining money under false pretenses. The prosecution grew out of a sale of railroad ties, the prosecuting witness, Levi Russell, claiming that he contracted for and paid for 300 ties and received only 243. It appears from all the testimony that no money was paid by the prosecuting witness to the defendants, but that defendants’ land was advertised to be sold for delinquent taxes and the prosecuting witness paid them, according to his testimony, at defendants’ request, and that he later satisfied a judgment against the defendants, and it…