Ownbey v. State

Defendant appeals from two convictions of obtaining goods by false pretenses and concurrent sentences of three years in the penitentiary for the offenses.

Defendant’s true name is R. M. Maples, but in October 1950, representing himself to be one Floyd W. Ownbey, under a conditional sales contract, he purchased certain electrical equipment from the Brashear Electric Company at Kingsport, Tennessee. Before agreeing to the sale of the merchandise, the Electric Company made inquiry about the credit rating of Ownbey, and finding it to be satisfactory, made the sale. On subsequent dates, having made…