Legal Opinion

Talbert v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided October 20, 1972Published

1Opinion of the Court

EDWARD P. HILL, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment convicting the appellant under an indictment charging two separate counts of obtaining money under false pretenses, defined by KRS 434.050, under which he was given one year in prison on each count.

The essence of appellant’s one argument is that the facts proven do not constitute the crime of obtaining money under false pretenses. Substantially these are the facts. The appellant went into the Central Bank and Trust Company of Owensboro on the morning of December 9, 1971, and asked the teller for two rolls of nickels and two rolls of…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. People v. AshleyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1954
  2. People v. SchmittCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1957
  3. Smith v. PinnerArizona Supreme Court · 1948
  4. Commonwealth v. MurphyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1894
  5. Ray v. ShemwellCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1917

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