State v. Ryan

Upon the trial of an information, filed by the prosecuting attorney in the superior court of King county, the appellant was convicted of the offense of obtaining money by means of false pretenses. After the return of the verdict, appellant filed a motion in arrest of judgment, on the ground that the facts stated in the information did not constitute a crime or misdemeanor. This motion was denied and exception noted, and thereafter appellant was sentenced to the state penitentiary for a term of two and one-half years.

The information upon which the appellant was tried and convicted, omitting…