Lawson v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Clay Circuit Court, Eastern District; J. F. Gautney, Judge; 1. ■ Before representations made amount to false pretense, they must be of a present or past fact. 42 Ark. 131-135; 11 Ark. 596; 12 Aik. 65. It is necessary, in a prosecution for false pretense, not only to prove the false representations, but also to show that such false representations induced the person defrauded to part with his property. 70 Ark. 30. A false representation as to a future event is not…
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Appeal from Clay Circuit Court, Eastern District; J. F. Gautney, Judge; 1. ■ Before representations made amount to false pretense, they must be of a present or past fact. 42 Ark. 131-135; 11 Ark. 596; 12 Aik. 65. It is necessary, in a prosecution for false pretense, not only to prove the false representations, but also to show that such false representations induced the person defrauded to part with his property. 70 Ark. 30. A false representation as to a future event is not a false pretense within the meaning of the statute. 12 Am. and Eng. Enc. of L. (2 ed.), 850 'and note 5; There can be…
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
J. E. Lawson was indicted, tried and convicted of the crime of obtaining money by false pretenses. From the judgment of conviction he has duly prosecuted an appeal to this court. In order to determine the issues raised by the appeal, it is only necessary to abstract the testimony given by the prosecuting witness. His testimony tends to prove a state of facts substantially as follows: The prosecuting witness A. O. Deakin, the defendant J. E. Lawson, and Ed Lucas, were all residents of Greene -County, Arkansas, and were friends -and neighbors. Mr. Lucas showed Deaikin a bill -and said that it…
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