Norris v. State

Appellant was convicted on a 'Charge of obtaining a check under false pretenses, and has appealed. The indictment is- of unusual length, but, stripped of its legal phraseology, its allegations are as follows: That appellant, C. B. Norris, was on August 9, 1924, agent of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, a corporation under the laws of New York, and hereinafter referred to as the insurance company. That this insurance company issued a policy of insurance on the life of Sim' Davis, agreeing thereby to pay a sum of money upon the death of Davis. That appellant, desiring to cheat the…