People v. Cooper

The defendant was indicted, charged with the crime of grand larceny in the first degree. The indictment charged that the defendant, with intent to deprive and defraud Anna L. Poole of money and to appropriate the same to his own use or to the use of another, did feloniously, fraudulently and falsely pretend and represent to her that a certain corporation of which he was the vice-president and treasurer was the owner of certain real estate; that it was entirely free and unincumbered, and that its value was in excess of $50,000; that he did fraudulently and feloniously obtain from the…