Pendry v. State

On the 29th day of May, A. I). 1880, the grand jury, sitting in and for Orange county, presented an indictment against the plaintiff in error for obtaining property under false pretenses. The substance of the charge, as alleged in such indictment, is that the plaintiff in error “ unlawfully, knowingly and designedly did falsely pretend to one Fannie L. Medlin that she, the said Fannie L. Medlin, was indebted to the steamer Okehumkee in the sum of $8.90 for freight to the said Augustus S. Pendry, being the agent of said steamboat, claiming authority to collect the amount due for freight, by…