Strauss v. State

Dbeost, Judge.

Strauss and others were charged in a five-count indictment with violations of the Georgia Securities Act (Ga. L. 1957, p. 134 et seq.) by defrauding various named persons through the sale of bogus money orders, particularly by a violation of Code Ann. § 97-112 (b) which makes it unlawful in security transactions “to employ any device, scheme, or artifice to defraud or to engage in any act, practice, transaction, or course of business which operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon the purchaser or seller.” Briefly, each count sets out a money order purchased by a named…