State v. . Smith

The bill of indictment upon which the defendant was convicted and sentenced charged that he did unlawfully, fraudulently and feloniously obtain from the prosecuting witness, by falsely pretending that two certain mules were free and clear of all encumbrances, “the following goods and things of value, the property of Freeman Grady, to wit: Goods and things of value, evidenced by a note in the sum of $200, which note is credited with $50, with intent then and there to defraud, . . .”

Upon the arraignment and in apt time the defendant moved the court that the indictment be quashed upon the ground…