State v. Lewis
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Pottawattaonie District Court. The defendant was indicted, tried and convicted for obtaining money under false pretenses, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRothrock, J.
I. The alleged crime , consisted in the defendant falsely and fraudulently representing and pretending to one N. J. Bond that he had purchased certain hogs, and thereby inducing said Bond to pay him $80 in money. N. J. Bond was the only witness examined on the trial. It is not necessary to set out his testimony here. It is sufficient to say that it appears therefrom that he paid the defendant $80, and gave him a letter of credit upon which defendant obtained $50. This money was to pay for certain hogs which the defendant represented he had purchased, and the hogs were to be shipped , from…
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