State v. Rogers

PATTERSON, Justice.

This is an appeal by the State of Mississippi from a judgment of the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial District of Harrison County sustaining demurrers- of Leon T. Rogers, Jr., Paul H. Sanders, Quentin Stringer, and Thomas D. Dunn to an indictment presented against them for obtaining money of the State of Mississippi in violation of Missisippi Code 1942 Annotated section 2149 (1956), commonly called the “false pretense” statute.

*347The four defendants were charged under the same indictment, were granted severance, and each demurred to the indictment on several grounds. The…