Jones v. State

FOSTER, Justice.

The opinion of the Court of Appeals shows that the indictment contained counts for obtaining property under false pretense under section 4131, Code, and others for obtaining the signature of a person named to a written instrument by false pretense under section 4135, Code.

Petitioner here urges that the several counts were insufficient because the pretense alleged was not sufficient to induce such action, and that it was not the statement of an existing fact or one which previously occurred, but was the expression of a conclusion; and that the counts charging that he obtained…