BRUCE v. STATE

No. 4766.

265 S.W.2d 956 (1954)

BRUCE v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

March 22, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. M. Martin, Mena, for appellant.

Tom Gentry, Atty. Gen., and Thorp Thomas, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

Elva E. Bruce was found guilty of obtaining money and property under false pretenses and was sentenced to a year's imprisonment. The only issue is whether the verdict is supported by substantial evidence.

On November 29, 1951, for a consideration of $4,800 in cash and a truck worth $1,200, W. C. Watkins purchased from Bruce the pine timber upon 320 acres of Oklahoma land. Bruce represented that he owned the land and timber, but...

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