ROSS v. STATE

No. 5308.

424 S.W.2d 168 (1968)

244 Ark. 103

D. B. ROSS, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

February 19, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Faulkner, Malvern, for appellant.

Joe Purcell, Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Don Langston, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

Ross was charged by information with the crime of false pretenses, in that he borrowed $2,000 from an Arkadelphia bank for the purpose of buying 29 head of cattle, upon which the bank was to have a lien, but he failed to use the money as he had promised to do. He defended the charge upon the ground that the offense in question must be based upon a misrepresentation of an existing or past fact rather than upon a promise to be performed in...

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