People v. Reid

HAHN, J., pro tem.

In this case the defendants, Robert H. Reid and Izeyl W. Reid, his wife,< were charged by an information filed by the district attorney of Los Angeles County with the crime of obtaining money by false pretenses.

The allegations and misrepresentation as set forth in the information may be briefly summarized as follows: First, that defendants represented that they were the owners of a certain lease on an apartment house in the city of Los Angeles, which lease was free from any lien or encumbrance, and that the said defendants had the legal right to sell and assign said lease.…