ARTERBURN, C.J.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the Vanderburgh Circuit Court convicting the appellant of a crime in making a false statement namely, that he had "lost" the original certificate of title in an application for a duplicate certificate. The affidavit charging the offense was based upon the Acts of 1945, ch. 304, § 16, p. 1308, being § 47-2506, Burns' 1952 Replacement, which reads as follows:
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