State v. Dana

This was a prosecution for the crime of obtaining money by false pretenses. The- representations or pretenses set forth in the information were three in number: viz., that the defendants were the owners of a certain lot,, described as lot 1 of block 84 of McNaught’s addition, to Central Seattle; that the lot was of the value of $250, and that a certain lot situated near the intersection of Walker street and 23d avenue in that city was pointed out to the prosecuting witness by the defendant Dana as and for the *31lot in question. The information charged the falsity of the representations or…