Strong v. State

Defendant, William A. Strong, was charged in the district court of Oklahoma county by information with the crime of obtaining money under false pretenses; was tried, convicted, and sentenced to serve a term of seven years in the penitentiary, and has appealed.

The information charging defendant contained three counts. The first count charged him with obtaining money under false pretense; the second charged extortion, and the third, larceny by fraud.

At the conclusion of the state’s testimony, the county attorney elected to stand on the first count in the information. Under this count it was…