State v. Ferris

The defendant was charged by information under Section 3348, Revised Statutes 1919, in the Circuit Court of Jasper County, with having sold mortgaged personal property without the written consent of the mortgagee and without informing the purchaser that the property was mortgaged. Upon a trial to a jury he was convicted and his punishment assessed at two years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. From this judgment he appeals'.

The defendant was the president and manager of the Southwest Overland Knight Co., hereinafter referred to as “the corporation.” He owned ninety-nine shares of the capital…