Hawkins v. State

Plaintiff in error, Jasper Hawkins, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was convicted in the district court of Oklahoma county of the crime of obtaining property by false pretenses, and his punishment fixed by the jury at imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a period of three years.

It was the contention of the state that the' $3,000 of building and loan stock and the two city lots involved in the purchase of the last one-half of the property were obtained by the false pretenses of defendant that he had applied the $2,000 received when the first half was purchased to' reduce the…