State v. Hotsenpiller

The appellant was convicted by a jury in the circuit court of Benton county on change of venue from Pettis county, of the crime of cheating and defrauding one Henry Cartwright of'$74.80, in violation of See. 4694, R. S. 1939, Mo. R. S. A. by selling and delivering to him a truck load of corn accompanied by a false, forged and counterfeited scale ticket stating an overweight which,'- at the stipulated price of the corn per bushel, called for an overcharge in the above amount innocently paid by Cartwright. The punishment assessed was two years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The appellant did…