People v. Cline
Michigan Supreme Court
Exceptions from Huron. Ealse pretenses. Information against Hugh Oline and Erwin W. Ellis, otherwise known as James II. Warner, charging that they “on the 2d day of August, A. D. 1879, at the township of Port Austin in the county of Huron, aforesaid, unlawfully, knowingly and designedly, did, with intent to defraud and cheat Thomas Winsor and Mark Carrington, feloniously, knowingly, falsely, designedly and deceitfully, represent, assert, and pretend to Thomas Winsor and Mark…
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Exceptions from Huron. Ealse pretenses. Information against Hugh Oline and Erwin W. Ellis, otherwise known as James II. Warner, charging that they “on the 2d day of August, A. D. 1879, at the township of Port Austin in the county of Huron, aforesaid, unlawfully, knowingly and designedly, did, with intent to defraud and cheat Thomas Winsor and Mark Carrington, feloniously, knowingly, falsely, designedly and deceitfully, represent, assert, and pretend to Thomas Winsor and Mark Carrington, who then composed the firm of Thomas Winsor & Company, that certain paper writings which the said Hugh…
1Opinion of the CourtMarston, C. J.
We are of opinion that the information filed in this case was not fatally defective within the ruling of Enders v. The People 20 Mich. 240. In this case the false pretenses are fully set forth, and the information shows an assignment of the mortgage direct to the parties injured, and alleges that by means of said false pretenses Cline and Ellis obtained from Winsor and Carrington, in exchange for said paper writings, the goods, etc. The information in other respects contains the usual formal allegations. It is thus, we think, sufficiently alleged, and appears from the allegations, that the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Sneed v. PeopleMichigan Supreme Court · 1878
- Enders v. PeopleMichigan Supreme Court · 1870
- Ulrich v. PeopleMichigan Supreme Court · 1878
3Cited by6 opinions
- People v. EvansMichigan Supreme Court · 1888
- People v. DoyleMichigan Court of Appeals · 1987
- State v. FrakerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1899
- People v. HerrickMichigan Court of Appeals · 1996
- People v. FitzsimmonsMichigan Supreme Court · 1914
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