City of Kansas City v. Bibbs

SOMERVILLE, Judge.

An information charged that defendant “did attempt to obtain money by false pretenses by giving a blind store manager a $1.00 bill and telling him that it was a $5.00 [bill] ... in violation of the Revised Ordinances of Kansas City, Missouri, 1966 as amended, Chapter 26, Section 26.80, Penalty Chapter 1, Section 1.17.” Defendant, upon being found guilty as charged in the municipal court, appealed to the Circuit Court of Jackson County. In a non-jury trial in the circuit court the defendant was again found guilty as charged and his punishment was fixed at sixty days…