Graf v. State

Plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted of the offense of obtaining property by false pretenses, and was sentenced to a term at hard labor in the state penitentiary. He brings the record of his conviction to this court for review. The conclusion reached makes it necessary to consider but one assignment of error, viz., that the verdict is not sustained by the evidence.

The prosecution was brought under section 9892, Comp. St. 1922, which makes it an offense for any one, by false pretenses, with intent to cheat or defraud, to obtain the signature or indorsement of any…