Dodge v. People

The plaintiff in error, hereafter called the defendant, brings this writ of error in which he alleges grounds for reversal of his conviction of the crime of confidence game, as defined by C.R.S. 1963, 40-10-1.

The charge and conviction of confidence game is based upon these facts: On three successive days, April 2, 3 and 4, 1964, defendant purchased a truckload of beans from a Rocky Ford bean dealer, and each time, he gave a postdated check in payment. The bean dealer had never seen defendant before April 2nd, but he testified that he sold the beans and took defendant’s three postdated checks,…