HOLMAN, Commissioner.
A jury found the defendant guilty of the offense of obtaining money by false pretenses and assessed his punishment at imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of four years. Defendant has appealed from the ensuing judgment.
Section 561.370 (all statutory references are to RSMo 1949, V.A.M.S.), which was in effect at the time of the alleged offense, provided that "Every person who, with intent to cheat or defraud another, shall designedly...
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