State v. Goldstein

Appellant appeals from a conviction of grand larceny “by means of trick, device and bunco, and by false and fraudulent representations.”

Without delivering the title certificate, appellant sold a green Ford two-door sedan to George Neault who paid him the full cash price for it. Instead, appellant took the title certificate to Robert C. Champine, the manager of a finance company, to whom he represented that it covered the title to another car of the same model which appellant was then driving. Goldstein asked Champine to loan him four hundred fifty dollars for thirty days on the second car…