SMITH v. STATE

No. 27272.

274 S.W.2d 549 (1955)

Frank SMITH, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

January 19, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clem Calhoun, Amarillo, for appellant.

Wesley Dice, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is swindling; the punishment, two years.

Jess Pool and his wife testified that they had heard that the appellant was treating people for diabetes and went to see him, that the appellant told them that he could cure Pool, that the treatment would require approximately twenty months and would cost $639 and if he couldn't cure Pool he would return the money, that Pool paid $250 in advance and went to the appellant for several...

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