State ex rel. Gardner v. Shrader

Ames, O.

The plaintiff in error was arrested upon a criminal warrant issued by the county judge .of Otoe county. The complaint charged that he had sold and conveyed certain lands lying in that county, without having title thereto “either by law or equity, by descent, devise or by written *619contract or deed of conveyance, with intent to defraud” the owner thereof. The statute provides a punishment for selling or conveying any tract of land “without having a title to the same by descent, devise or ' evidence, by a written contract or deed of conveyance, with intent to defraud.” It will be observed…