State v. Voisine

GODFREY, Justice.

Appellant Voisine was indicted for conspiracy to commit the crime of cheating by false pretenses in violation of the former 17 M.R.S.A. § 951 (1964) and for cheating by false pretenses in violation of the former 17 M.R.S.A. § 1601 (1964). A jury found appellant guilty on both counts, and he appeals, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence.

The facts developed in the trial showed that the timekeeper for the Portland Department of Public Works, Roderick Morgan, had caused certain employees to be overpaid. Morgan testified he had made a practice of falsely attributing extra…