State v. Meyer

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Thiele, J.:

Don Y. Meyer was convicted of the crime of obtaining property by false pretenses, and appeals to this court. His sole contention is that the state’s evidence, all taken as true, did not prove facts sufficient to sustain the charge contained in the information.

The information charged that one Dreiling and the appellant, Don Y. Meyer, went to the home of James Larsen and represented they were buyers of Woods Brothers stock and had heard Larsen owned some of it; that they would have to inspect it before purchasing ; they induced Larsen to go to…