State v. Starr
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Bay Circuit Court. — Hon. Francis H. Trimble, Judge. (1) The indictment should have been quashed, because it appears from the face thereof that the -alleged false pretenses were so absurd and irrational that no one had a right to rely thereon. State v. Cameron, 117 Mo. 641; State v. Barbee, 136 Mo. 440'; State v. Lawrence, 178 Mo. 350; State v. Keyes, 196 Mo. 136; Buckaleu v. State, 11 Tex.
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Appeal from Bay Circuit Court. — Hon. Francis H. Trimble, Judge. (1) The indictment should have been quashed, because it appears from the face thereof that the -alleged false pretenses were so absurd and irrational that no one had a right to rely thereon. State v. Cameron, 117 Mo. 641; State v. Barbee, 136 Mo. 440'; State v. Lawrence, 178 Mo. 350; State v. Keyes, 196 Mo. 136; Buckaleu v. State, 11 Tex. App. 352; Com. v. Drew, 19 Pick. 17; Com. v. Norton, 11 Allen, 266 ; People v. Crissie, 4 Den. (N.Y.) 525. (2) The demurrer should have been sustained because the evidence clearly showed that…
1Opinion of the CourtFerriss, J.
Defendant, James McPhetridge and Alice Scheffler were jointly indicted in the Ray County Circuit Court for obtaining money by false pretenses from one Silas Robinson. At the February term, 1911, of said court, a severance having been granted defendant, he was placed on trial upon the first count of said indictment, found guilty, and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary.
It appears from the evidence that the defendant, his co-indictees and Silas Robinson, the party victim*170ized, lived in the town of Hardin, Ray county. Defendant was a druggist; McPhetridge, a lawyer; Alice Scheffler, the…
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