People v. Smith

Btjtzel, J.,

We granted a delayed appeal to Dewey Arnold and Lyle Smith to review their convictions for the offense of conspiracy to defraud by means of false pretenses. The information charged that Arnold, Smith and other named defendants conspired to obtain the sum of $250 from one Gilbert Scott by means of false pretenses, by representing that they could furnish him with $1,000 in counterfeit United States currency, but in fact they intended to furnish “a quantity of worthless and bogus stage paper to represent money.” The information also alleged previous convictions for felonies, charging…