State v. . Alphin

The defendant is charged with obtaining the goods of one H. T. Ham, upon the false pretence and fraudulent representation of his ownership of a cow and a calf, then conveyed by mortgage to secure the price thereof. The defendant, after expiration of the credit, refused on demand, to surrender the property to the mortgagee, alleging that the cow and calf belonged to his wife, and not to himself. Several exceptions were taken during the trial, to the admission of declarations of the defendant, which we do not deem it necessary to notice, nor the objection made to the permission given to the…