State v. . McFarland
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INDICTMENT for obtaining goods by false pretenses, tried before Ray, J., and a jury, at March Term, 1920, of Hendekson. There were three of the indictments, respectively, for having obtained money on notes by false pretenses as to Frank Smith, J. GL Walker, and W. J. Baldwin. The same having been consolidated and tried together, there was a verdict of not guilty as to Smith and Walker and guilty as to W. J. Baldwin.
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INDICTMENT for obtaining goods by false pretenses, tried before Ray, J., and a jury, at March Term, 1920, of Hendekson. There were three of the indictments, respectively, for having obtained money on notes by false pretenses as to Frank Smith, J. GL Walker, and W. J. Baldwin. The same having been consolidated and tried together, there was a verdict of not guilty as to Smith and Walker and guilty as to W. J. Baldwin. Judgment on the verdict, and the defendant excepted and appealed, assigning errors, etc.
1Opinion of the CourtHoke, J.
There was evidence on the part of the State permitting the inference that defendant, acting as agent for the Asheville Milling Company, in the early part of 1918, induced a purchase for value of shares of stock in said company at much more than their actual worth by false representations and assurances as to the value of said stock and by statements of existent facts bearing on such value knowingly made and calculated and intended to deceive, and which did deceive the purchaser, etc. A false statement, among others, being that the company had bought a valuable lot in Fletcher, N. C., with a…
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