State v. Polet

By an information filed in the superior court for King county, the appellant, Frank Polet, was charged jointly with one Joe Lucenti of violating the second subdivision of § 2601 of the code (Rem. Comp. Stat.) [P. C. § 8944]. The specific charge was that the defendants, on and prior to January 16, 1925, conducted and maintained in the county of King a fraudulent device for the purpose of obtaining money and property, and of defrauding the public generally of such money and property, by holding themselves out, while hopelessly insolvent, as.being able, ready and willing to perform the usual…