McLarty v. State

WOODLEY, Judge.

The conviction is for violation of Art. 1000 P.C.; the punishment, four years.

The statute, now Article 1000 P.C., is substantially the same as it appeared in the original code and reads:

“Whoever with intent to defraud shall, either by falsely reading, or falsely interpreting, any pecuniary obligation or instrument in writing, which would in any manner affect property, or by misrepresenting its contents, induce any one to sign such instrument as his act, or give assent to it in such manner as would make it his act, if not done under mistake, shall be confined in the penitentiary…