State v. Quinn

*848Mulroney, J.-

— -The question of general interest presented by this appeal by the State of Iowa from a directed verdict of acquittal is whether a partner’s obtaining partnership funds by false pretense constitutes the crime of obtaining money by false pretenses defined in section 713.1, Code, 1950. The record shows defendant and Harry W. Stanfield were partners doing business, under the name of Midwest Used Car Sales, in Ottumwa. The indictment charged that defendant “unlawfully, designedly, by means of false pretense and with intent to defraud [did] obtain from his then partner, Harry W.…