State v. Fisher

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Burch, J.:

Fred E. Fisher was convicted of violating the speculative securities act, and appeals.

The information contained seven counts charging unlawful sales of securities on dates between November 26, 1930, and May 12, 1931. Defendant was convicted on four counts, and was sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for a term of from one year to seven years on each count, the terms to run consecutively.

*512The gravamen of the charge in each count was that the Fisher Plan Loan Corporation, a Kansas corporation, was granted a permit to sell its preferred…