MacDonald v. State

Defendant, George Edward MacDonald, was convicted of the crime of obtaining money by false pretenses. His principal contention is that the information upon which he was tried failed to charge an offense under the statute, section 28-1207, Comp. St. 1929. This was raised by demurrer to the information and was preserved throughout the record. The point stated in the language of the demurrer is:

“Because the information fails to charge explicitly and positively that the defendant obtained any sum of money as a result of the alleged false pretenses pleaded with the intent to cheat and defraud Mary…