People v. Ranney
Michigan Supreme Court
Error, to the superior court of Grand Rapids; Stuart, J. Melvin C. Ranney was convicted of obtaining money by false pretenses, and sentenced to imprisonment for not less than 1 year, nor more than 10 years, in the Michigan reformatory at Ionia.
1Opinion of the CourtOstrander, J.
Respondent is charged, in the information, with obtaining' money by false pretenses. The pretenses alleged are that he was owner of a certain check and order for the payment of money, that the check was of the value of $50, and that there was on deposit at the place of payment designated in the check $50 with which to pay it when presented, and that said sum would be paid to the complainant, or bearer, upon presentation of the check, and that there was at the place of payment a book, No. 583, and would be when the check was presented, and that said book showed a balance on deposit of $478. A…
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