People v. Cox

By the Court, Wallace, C. J.:

The prisoner was convicted under an indictment founded upon the one hundred and thirty-second section of the statute concerning crimes and punishments (Hittell G. L., Sec. 1532), by which it is enacted that any person who, after once disposing of any lands, or executing any bond or agreement for their sale, shall again, and for a valuable consideration, knowingly or fraudulently sell, of execute a bond or agreement to sell, or dispose of the same lands to any other person, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, etc.

It is alleged in the indictment that Cox, by his…