State v. . Roberts

Tbe defendant moved for judgment of nonsuit at tbe close of tbe State’s evidence and at tbe close of all tbe evidence. C. S., 4643. We think tbe motion was properly overruled.

In S. v. Phifer, 65 N. C., p. 325, Reade, J., said: “We state tbe rule to be, tbat a false representation of a subsisting fact, calculated to deceive, and wbicb does deceive, and is intended to deceive, wbetber tbe representation be in writing or in words, or in acts, by wbicb one man obtains value from another, without compensation is a false pretense, indictable under our statute. But this must not be understood to…