Potard v. State

Plaintiff in error was convicted for having obtained the *117sum of $1,250 from Harry Armknecht by false pretenses, and was sentenced to serve from one to two years in the state penitentiary. From this conviction and sentence plaintiff in error appeals.

The evidence shows that on June 10, 1939, William G. Potard, the plaintiff in error, called on Armknecht and told him that he had a house bought in Falls City for $1,250 and that he had a buyer who would pay $1,550 for it. He asked Armknecht to loan him the money so he could carry out the deal, and as an inducement agreed to divide the profits when…