Thompson v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

The offense is swindling; penalty assessed at a fine of $100 and confinement in the county jail for a period of six months.

The following constitute substantially the averments in the indictment: H. B. Thompson, intending to unlawfully acquire feterita of the value of $20 and to appropriate it to his own use and to deprive Wise-man of the value thereof, obtained from Wiseman the property mentioned. The false pretense consists of the following: Thompson had previously purchased from Wiseman certain feterita, promising to pay therefor the sum of $20, and had reported that…