State v. Cooley

Under chapter 178 of the Public Acts of 1915 of the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, the defendant, George E. Cooley, was indicted for obtaining goods and credit by giving a check on a bank in which there were no funds to pay same.

On motion of the defendant the indictment was quashed and the State has appealed and assigned errors.

The body of said act is as follows:

“Section 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of the State of Tennessee, that any person who shall obtain, with fraudulent intent, money or other property which may be subject of larceny, or who shall obtain credit…