State v. Wells

Rogosheske, Justice.

Defendant was tried and convicted of the crime of swindling under Minn. St. 614.11. Upon his imprisonment after sentence, he appeals from the judgment of conviction.

Numerous assignments of error raise the single issue whether the record discloses sufficient competent evidence to sustain the jury’s finding of guilt.

A summary of the information charges that on or about August 2, 1960, defendant and another, with criminal intent, obtained by means of a swindle $215 from Gladys Petran by the use of a trick or scheme commonly called the “fake chimney-repair racket.” It alleges…