People v. Von Badenthal

FRICKE, J., pro tem.

Appellant was convicted of obtaining the sum of $1200 by grand theft from John H. Schleifer. In April, 1934, the complainant was introduced by a mutual acquaintance to appellant as “Baron Yon Badenthal” of Austria, the fatherland of complainant. Appellant stated to Schleifer that his family owned a large estate in Austria; *407that his mother had died leaving fifteen million crowns in which he had a one-third interest; that he owned a 107-carat diamond which was in a bank vault in Paris and also owned a valuable oil painting in Syria; that he was in this country on business…