State v. Sabins

This defendant accomplished the rare feat of outselling* an automobile salesman. By inflating the salesman’s ego and falsely representing his finances and condition of employment, he obtained delivery of a 1957 Buick in return for a cheek on a nonexisting bank account to be exchanged the following morning for a cash bonus from Quaker Oats where he was not even employed. When defendant failed to show up the next morning, the salesman made inquiries which disclosed the falsity of defendant’s representations. Defendant had signed the application for a certificate of title, but the owner took no…