Austin v. State
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM WILSON. Error to the Circuit Court of Wilson County. — Hon. J. H. Gareenhire, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKinney
The defendants below, B. D. Austin and John Yeaman, were tried on an indictment containing six counts. By consent, a verdict of not guilty was returned as to the fifth and sixth counts of the indictment, and they will be eliminated from this discussion.
The first count charged the defendants with the crime of obtaining the signature of the prosecutor, B. R. Purnell, to a deed by false pretense.
The second count charged the defendants with a conspiracy to defraud ihe prosecutor and the actual consummation of the conspiracy, .
*302The third count charged the defendant Austin with the crime of being an…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Chism, Churchill & Co. v. BankTennessee Supreme Court · 1896
- People v. PfeifferIllinois Supreme Court · 1909
- Weihl v. RobertsonTennessee Supreme Court · 1896
3Cited by6 opinions
- Hoffer v. CrawfordNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1954
- Sam Lieberman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1958
- Rosenquist v. HarrisDistrict Court, D. North Dakota · 1956
- Sam Lieberman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1958
- Shea v. LandisCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1938
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