Sims v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Eastland. Tried below before Hon. T. H. Conner. The opinion sufficiently discloses the case. The penalty assessed against the appellant was a term of two years in the penitentiary.
1Opinion of the Court
Willson, Judge.
—This conviction is upon an indictment which charges the offense of swindling, in that the defendant, by means of false pretenses and devices and fraudulent representations, did acquire from G. C. Fort a horse of the value of $100. The venue of the offense is laid in Eastland County, and the conviction had in said county.
It appears from the evidence that the false pretenses and devices and fraudulent representations were made by defendant to said Fort, as alleged in the indictment, in Eastland County, but the horse was delivered to defendant by said Fort in Brown County.
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2Cases cited1 opinion
- Cline v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1875
3Cited by4 opinions
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- Robertson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1939
- King v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1947