Brown v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Tarrant. Tried below before Hon. S. P. Greene. Appeal from a conviction for swindling; penalty, ten years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of swindling, and obtaining thereby personal property in an amount exceeding $50 in value, and given ten years in the penitentiary; hence this appeal. The indictment charges that defendant obtained a diamond ring, of the value of $280, and a diamond pin, of the value of $220, from the prosecutor, in consideration of the following check or writing obligatory: “Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 26, 1896. No. 3. Missouri National Bank, pay to J. E. Mitchell, or order, $500.00, five hundred dollars. J. W. Brown, Union Bank Note, K. C., Mo.” The representations set…
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