Lucas v. State

Appellant was convicted in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County pursuant to an indictment charging false pretense. He was sentenced by proper judgment to five years imprisonment in the penitentiary of Alabama. The indictment charged appellant with obtaining a certified check, the property of James L. Ralphs, of the value of Twenty Thousand Dollars against the peace and dignity of the State of Alabama.

We will undertake to give a resume of the transaction leading to the accusation and indictment. Mr. James L. Ralphs, the alleged victim of the fraud, was a resident of Gorman, California where…