State v. Ewers

Defendant was charged with the crime of obtaining money by false pretenses. The jury found him guilty and he appeals from the sentence imposed by the court.

On July 16,1967, the defendant approached a clerk in the Villa-Mart Discount Department Store in Beaverton, seeking a refund on two sets of golf clubs. The clerk referred him to the department manager, Mr. Carl H. Ahrens, who checked the contents of the two boxes carried by the defendant and found two sets of golf clubs. The defendant stated that his mother had purchased them for him as a coming home present from Vietnam and that she had…