Stevens v. State

Defendant, Tom Stevens, was charged in the district court of Oklahoma county with the crime of “obtaining merchandise by means and use of a false and bogus check”, was tried, convicted and sentenced to serve a term of two years in the penitentiary, and has appealed:

The statute under which defendant was charged isl Oklahoma Statutes 1931, section 2086, Okla. St. Ann. and Okla. Stats. 1941, Title 21, § 1541, and is as follows:

“Every person who, with intent to cheat and defraud, shall obtain or attempt to obtain from any person, firm or corporation, any money, property, or valuable thing, of the…