People v. Shafer

On each of five counts contained in an information filed against him, defendant was convicted of the offense of “violation of the Corporate Securities Act” (Stats. 1917, p. 673, as variously amended). From the ensuing judgment, as well as from an order by which his motion for a new trial was denied, defendant has appealed to this court.

It appears that defendant was the owner of a certain patent-right which related to an amusement device, and that, without first having procured a permit from the commissioner of corporations so to do—as evidenced by an instrument in writing—defendant sold to…