State v. Jackson
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Clark Circuit Court. — Hon. B. E. Turner,, Judge.' (1) The indictment should have been quashed on. defendant’s motion, because it does not follow the form prescribed- in section 3826, Revised Statutes, 1889, in that it uses the words ‘ ‘goods and chattels’ ’ instead of the • words “money” or “property.”
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Appeal from Clark Circuit Court. — Hon. B. E. Turner,, Judge.' (1) The indictment should have been quashed on. defendant’s motion, because it does not follow the form prescribed- in section 3826, Revised Statutes, 1889, in that it uses the words ‘ ‘goods and chattels’ ’ instead of the • words “money” or “property.” State v. Clay, 100 Mo., 571; State v. Dowd, 95 Mo. 163; Bishop on Criminal Procedure, secs. 356-368. (2)- And it should have-been quashed,¡because it did not state sufficient facts to. constitute a crime under the statutes. State v. Davis, 70 Mo. 467; State v. Crocker, 95 Mo. 389;…
1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.
I. , The indictment .in this- case is drawn under' section 3826, Revised Statutes, 1889, and it charges that defendants, George Height and Isaac . Levy, at the county of Clark, did' unlawfully and feloniously attempt to obtain from John Mantle the sum of $3,500, of the goods and chattels of said John Mantle, “by means and by use of a cheat, and a fraud and a trick and deception and false and fraudulent representation and false pretense and a confidence game,” with the felonious intent to cheat and defraud the said John Mantle.
We do not concur in the contention that this charge is not…
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