Todd v. State

This was an indictment for obtaining money and a signature as surety by false pretenses. The charge was that the defendant, “ on, &e., at &c., feloniously, designedly, and with intent to defraud one Grimes, did falsely pretend to said Grimes, that he, said Todd, was then and there the owner of a certain house and lot in Ashland, Ohio, of great value, to wit, twenty-six hundred dollars, and of a certain harness-shop in Leesburg, Ohio, of great value, to» wit, six hundred and fifty dollars; by means of' which false pretenses (thb said Grimes relying upon and Believing the same to be true) said…