State v. Hastings

Lloyd Hastings was convicted of tbe crime of obtaining' money, by false pretenses, in tbe District Court of Ramsey County. He lias appealed from tbe judgment of conviction. Two grounds for tbe reversal of tbe judgment are specified and argued in tbe defendant’s brief. They are: (1) that tbe District Court of Ramsey County was without jurisdiction to try and determine the case, (2) that the verdict of tbe jury is contrary to tbe evidence.

Tbe defendant, Lloyd Hastings, at tbe time of tbe transaction out of which this prosecution arose, was a licensed fur buyer In business for himself. Melvin…