State v. . Ford

The defendant was indicted on three counts: for larceny of lumber, for embezzlement of money, and for obtaining money by false pretense, all from J. M. English. Prior to the trial the defendant moved the court to require the State to furnish a bill of particulars on the third count charging false pretense. The State having failed to comply with this order, the court refused to allow the prisoner to be tried on that count.

Pending the trial it was suggested by the defendant’s counsel that there was a variance, in that the bill laid the property in J. M. English, while the evidence showed that…