STATE v. FIELDS

No. 48970.

366 S.W.2d 462 (1963)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Richard Lee FIELDS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

April 8, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. B. Kirwan, Kansas City, for appellant.

Thomas F. Eagleton, Atty. Gen., O. Hampton Stevens, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.


LEEDY, Judge.

Richard Lee Fields was convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for a term of three years for the felony of attempting to obtain money by trick, false and fraudulent representations, statements and pretenses by means and use of "the confidence game." See Section 561.450, RSMo 1959 and V.A.M.S. (to which revision all references to statutes apply, unless otherwise expressly noted).

The transcript on appeal is irregular and confusing. In the first...

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