State v. Addington

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Smith,

J.: In this action the defendant was convicted on three counts of obtaining money by false pretenses. He has appealed.

The prosecution was begun against the defendant and two others jointly. The various counts of the information charged that Adding-ton, Souligny and Roach conspired to defraud one Hill by false representations with reference to the value of stock of the Marland Oil Company of Oklahoma. The Marland Oil Company had been organized by Marland before he became governor of Oklahoma. It was allowed to lie dormant while he was governor but…