Lewis v. State

The indictment charged the defendant, Culpepper Lewis, with cheating and swindling, "for that the said accused on 4 day of Sept, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and 36, in the county aforesaid, did . . wilfully and knowingly, with intent to defraud one Dan C. Paulk by deceitful means and artful practices, falsely and fraudulently represent to said Dan C. Paulk that he, the said accused, had a good and merchantable title to” a certain described tract of land, "and did thereby induce the said Dan C. Paulk to purchase by deed to secure a debt of $200 said described land — said debt…