Sasse v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is swindling, a felony; the punishment confinement in the penitentiary for two years.

It is averred in the indictment that appellant and W. R. Sasse “did then and there unlawfully acquire from Guadalupe G. de Morales and Juan Morales an instrument in writing conveying a valuable right in land, to-wit: the fee simple title in and to approximately 148.25 acres of land in Willacy County, Texas, being the same and identical 148.25 acres of land hereinafter in said instrument described, of the reasonable value of five thousand dollars.” The deed is then set out in the…