Redwine v. State

The paramount, ever-cssential element of the offense of cheating and swindling, as defined by the “labor-contract act” of 1903 (Penal Code, § 715), is the intent to defraud, which must be proved to be coexistent with the contract. Patterson v. State, 1 Ga. App. 782 (58 S. E. 284). Ordinarily, proof of the intent entertained by a person at a particular time can only be made by circumstantial evidence. Where, from the circumstances illustrating the intent, there are two equally reasonable theories, the one consistent with innocence, and the other supporting the inference of guilt, the law…