Georgia Court of Appeals, 1929

Kirkland v. State

Kirkland v. State
Georgia Court of Appeals · Decided January 15, 1929 · Broyles
39 Ga. App. 137; 146 S.E. 327; 1929 Ga. App. LEXIS 222

Kirkland v. State

Opinion of the Court

Broyles, C. J.

L. G. Kirkland was convicted of the offense of cheating and swindling. A material averment in the indictment was that the defendant, β€œfor the purpose of obtaining a credit from J. L. Dickenson and with intent to deceive and defraud said J. L, *138Dickenson, did falsely, fraudulently, and knowingly state and represent orally that he, said L. G. Kirkland, then and there owned fifty cords of wood then cut and ready to be marketed, which said statement and representation was then and there false and then and there by the said L. G. Kirkland known to be false.” Upon the trial no evidence showed that the above-stated representation of the accused was untrue. His conviction, therefore, was unauthorized, and the court erred in refusing to grant a new trial.

Judgment reversed.

Lulce and Bloodworth, JJ., concur.

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