State v. Deschambault

This indictment for cheating by false pretenses brought under R. S., c. 133, § 11, is before us on exceptions to the overruling of defendant’s demurrer. The indictment reads in part:

Alleged False Pretense

"... that Clement H. Deschambault . . . designedly, by false token and with intent to defraud, ... in his official capacity as Mayor of the City of Biddeford, Maine, did pretend that he was authorized by the City of Biddeford, Maine, to purchase for and receive articles of merchandise on behalf of the City of Biddeford, Maine; and, on said seventeenth day of October, 1961, the said Clement H.…