State v. Hewett
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Indictment charging, that the defendants “ devising and intending one Owen Lawrence to injure and defraud, did unlawfully conspire, combine, confederate and agree together the said Owen Lawrence to injure, cheat and defraud of a certain horse, the property of the said Owen Lawrence, of the value of one hundred dollars, against the peace and dignity of the State.
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Indictment charging, that the defendants “ devising and intending one Owen Lawrence to injure and defraud, did unlawfully conspire, combine, confederate and agree together the said Owen Lawrence to injure, cheat and defraud of a certain horse, the property of the said Owen Lawrence, of the value of one hundred dollars, against the peace and dignity of the State. There was testimony tending to show conspiracies by the defendants to obtain fraudulently from Lawrence two horses, at successive periods. The county attorney was required to elect, and did elect, for which one of the conspiracies the…
1Opinion of the CourtHoward, J.
The indictment contains one count only, . and sets forth that the defendants, “ being evil disposed persons, and devising and intending one Owen Lawrence to injure and defraud, did unlawfully conspire, combine, confederate, and agree together the said Owen Lawrence to injure, cheat and defraud of a certain horse, the property of the said Owen Lawrence, of great value, to wit, of the value of one hundred dollars, against the peace and dignity of the State aforesaid.” The sufficiency of this indictment is called in question, by a motion in arrest of judgment, which was overruled in the District…
2Cited by7 opinions
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- Berger v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1951
- State of Rhode Island v. BaconSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1905
- State v. JamesSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1973
- State v. ParkerSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1861
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