State v. Richman

Defendant below, appellant here, was convicted, on trial to a jury, of obtaining property by false pretenses, was sentenced to two years' imprisonment in the penitentiary, and has appealed. The main question and we think the decisive question presented by the appeal is whether the offense charged and proved, if any was proved, constitutes violation of Section 4095, Revised Statutes 1929, Mo. Stat. Ann., p. 2894, which we may refer to as the false pretense statute, or comes under Section 4305, Revised Statutes 1929, Mo. Stat. Ann., p. 2998. If said Section 4095 governs, the offense, if any,…