Edwards v. State

ALMON, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction of obtaining property by false pretenses. Appellant was sentenced to ten years in the State penitentiary.

The evidence showed that Robert Young owned and operated Dixie Furniture Company in Foley, Alabama, and that appellant “purchased” a lamp and clock from Young. Young’s undisputed testimony showed that appellant wrote a check on the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Foley for $85.75 made payable to Dixie Furniture Company for the above items; that appellant represented to Young that he had a bank account with the above mentioned bank with…