State v. Yarham

The indictment in the iiistant case is predicated on Section 13045, Code of 1924, which reads :

“If any person designedly and by false pretense, * * * with intent to defraud, obtain * * * the signature of any person to any written instrument, the false making of which would be punished as forgery, he shall be imprisoned * * * ”

The written instrument in question is as follows:

“$26.50 Fairfield, Iowa. March 24, 1927.

“On Demand for Value received, I promise to'pay to C. H. Yarham, or order, at Des Moines, Iowa, Twenty six 50/100 Dol lars'. Given for labor and material to be used in making rugs…