Davis v. State

The appellant, Plarold E. Davis, was indicted and tried in the Circuit Court for Cecil County on six counts for violation of Code (1957), Article 27, § 140 (False Pretenses). He pleaded not guilty, was tried by a jury, found guilty on counts numbered 2, 4, and 6, and not guilty on counts numbered 1, 3, and 5. The court granted the appellant’s motion for a directed verdict on count No. 5, and instructed the jury, before it retired, to find him not guilty on that count.

Davis, beginning on November 1, 1961, to and including November 9, 1961, obtained various sums of money from six residents of…