State v. Daniels
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Harrison District Court. — Hon. Scott M. Ladd, Judge. Indictment for designedly and by false pretenses securing tbe signature of another to a written instrument. There was a verdict of guilty and a judgment, from which the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtGteaNGee, C. J.
The section of the Code under which the indictment is found is 4073, and it provides that “if any person designedly or by false pretenses, * * * and with intent to defraud, * * obtain the signature of any person to a written instrument, * * * he shall be punished,” etc. The indictment in this case charges the obtaining of the signature of one D. A. Bendon to a promissory note, but it does not charge that the signature was obtained with intent to defraud, and it is urged that the indictment is fatally defective. It is clearly so, and that fact is not questioned in argument, but it is said that…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. PotterSupreme Court of Iowa · 1870
3Cited by9 opinions
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