State v. Matthews

Clark, J.:

This6was an indictment for obtaining goods under false pretenses, Code, Section 1025, and the only exception is that the Judge refused to charge as prayed “that the evidence was not sufficient to sustain the charge.” In the evidence sent up it appears, inter alia, that the principal witness for the State testified that “the defendant claimed to be an agent for the Electropoise; my husband promised and agreed to take one; the defendant came to my house on Monday evening and wanted to borrow horse and buggy to go to Jonesboro for it on Tuesday morning and said he would have to have…