Legal Opinion

State v. Stone

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided September 1, 1913No. 8642Published

Before Memminger, J., Laurens, Fall term, 1913. Indictment against Frank Stone. Defendant appeals. cite: 2 Bishop 255; 84 N. C. 751; 1 Bay 353; 77 S. C. 289.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Chiee Justice Gary.

The defendant was tried before a jury, and convicted of obtaining goods under false pretenses.

The indictment charged him with falsely pretending, that a certain bay horse was sound in every respect, which pretense he then and there knew to be false, whereby he obtained from Lander H. Willis one roan horse, the property of the said Lander H. Willis, of the value of one hundred and fifty dollars, with intent to cheat and defraud the said Lander H. Willis.

1 The first question that will 'be considered is, whether his Honor, the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. State v. HicksSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1907

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