Kerby v. State

The appellant was tried upon three counts of obtaining money by false pretenses. Ark. Stats. 1947, § 41-1901. The State charged that the accused, in order to sell stock in the United Standard Corporation, had made false statements to W. H. Flood, Howard Norton, and W. R. and Cora Bowling. The jury found the defendant guilty and sentenced him to serve three years in the penitentiary.

Kerby first questions the sufficiency of the evidence to support a finding of the requisite intent to defraud, but we consider the proof to be sufficient.

The appellant, after having engaged in the fire insurance…