Conner v. State

The appellant was convicted of swindling, and his punishment assessed at seven years in the penitentiary.

*907The indictment in this case charged that the appellant falsely and fraudulently represented to one D. C. McClure that he was a doctor, a specialist in the treatment of eyes, and that her eyes were in such had condition that she was likely to become paralyzed or blind at any time; and further represented that he was in possession of radium which he used in the treatment of eyes, and which was very expensive; and that the appellant “did cure her eyes by dropping said radium therein,” which…