Baxter v. State

BBOOKS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of swindling the German National Bank of $1,000, and his punishment assessed at two years confinement in the penitentiary. The facts in the case show, in substance, that appellant went to the bank, in company with one Medders, and made the statement that he and Medders each owned four sections of land in McCulloch County, Texas; that they were both solvent, and that he had a cattle contract with one Martin, and that on the faith of his solvency and possession of said land by the parties, the bank loaned appellant the money, as stated. Appellant and said…