Smith v. State

William J. Smith and his wife, Rhoda C. Smith, were jointly indicted for obtaining from Noah Johnson $200.00 by a false pretense. The proof on the part of the State shows that the plaintiff in error falsely represented to Noah Johnson that certain land which Mrs. Smith and- her sister, Mrs. T. F.- Brantley, sold to him was free from all incumbrances, when in fact Mrs. Smith, joined by her husband, had previously executed and delivered to one Thos. E. Walker a mortgage for $250.00 on her undivided interest in the land, and that when the trade was made and Noah Johnson paid $200.00 on account…