Legal Opinion

Perry v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 25, 1898No. 1558PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of Fannin. Tried below before Hon. E. D. McClellan. Appeal from a conviction for swindling; penalty, two years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The ease is sufficiently stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

HEhTDEESdST, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of swindling, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of two years.

The charge of swindling was predicated on the alleged representation by appellant to one Dick Bragg, who acted as the agent of John Bragg, that he was the owner of a certain gray mare and two certain mules, and that he had a right to mortgage the same; and by means of said representations, and the execution of his note for $60, and a certain mortgage on said animals to secure said note, he obtained from said Dick Bragg, as the agent of John Bragg, the…

2Cited by6 opinions

  1. Speer v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1906
  2. Green v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1942
  3. Lamoyne v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1908
  4. Lamoyne v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1908
  5. State v. Roche, Inc.Nebraska Court of Appeals · 1994

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