State v. Minch

This is a motion to quash an indictment.

The indictment is drawn under the Crimes act, sections 37 and 215, which provides that a combination of individuals “to cheat and defraud any person of any property by any means, which if executed would amount to a cheat” shall be demed a conspiracy and punishable as for a misdemeanor and that any other “cheats,” “deceits,” or other offenses of an indictable nature at common law shall be misdemeanors and punishable accordingly. So that the present indictment must stand, as against this motion, if it be good either under the express provisions of the…