Legal Opinion

State v. Binette

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided May 17, 1963Published

1Opinion of the Court

190 A.2d 744 (1963)

STATE of Maine

v.

Raoul J. BINETTE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

May 17, 1963.

John Harvey, Biddeford, for plaintiff.

Charles W. Smith, Saco, for defendant.

Before WILLIAMSON, C. J., and WEBBER, TAPLEY, SULLIVAN, SIDDALL and DUBORD, JJ.

WEBBER, Justice.

On exceptions. A demurrer to an indictment was overruled by the justice below. The indictment, intended to charge the crime of cheating by false pretenses (omitting the formal portions thereof), employs the following language:

"(The respondent) did falsely pretend to one, Lucien M Bourque, that he, the said Raoul J. Binette, the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Pattee v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1887
  2. Commonwealth v. LangleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1897
  3. Campfield v. StateOhio Court of Appeals · 1950
  4. State v. BinetteSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1963
  5. Burnley v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1938

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