Todd v. People

Todd was convicted of obtaining a $1,500 cheek from one Levand by means of the confidence game, and was sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for not less than 5 years nor more than 7.

Todd sold to Levand certain trackage property in Denver, and received the check in payment and cashed it at the bank. The property was owned by Josiah M. Shively, of Omaha, Nebraska, who never parted with his title. Todd procured a warranty deed purporting to be signed by Josiah M. Shively, and naming Frank J. Wear as grantee, and caused Wear to convey the property to Levand on June 29, 1926. Wear…