Platt v. State

This is a criminal proceeding in which the defendant Earl T. Platt and another were prosecuted for defrauding the state of Nebraska under the provisions of section 28-301, Comp. St. 1929. Defendant Platt, who will hereafter be referred to as the defendant, was tried separately. The jury returned a verdict of guilty and the court imposed a sentence of one year in the penitentiary. The defendant brings error to secure a review of the case in this court.

The information alleged in substance that on or about September 1, 1938, and continuously thereafter- until April 1, 1941, the defendant and one…