Legal Opinion

State v. Riddell

Washington Supreme Court

Decided December 5, 1903No. 4884PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court- for Spokane county, Richardson, J., entered February 18, 1903, after a trial and conviction of the crime of attempting to obtain money by false pretenses.

1Opinion of the CourtHadley, J.

The information in this case charges that appellant fraudulently and with felonious intent attempted to defraud one Gower by means of certain false pretenses. After a trial the jury returned a verdict of guilty as charged, and the court entered judgment that appellant shall be confined in the jail of Spokane county for the period of one year, and shall pay the costs of the prosecution. This appeal is from said judgment.

It is first assigned as error that the court overruled appellant’s objection to the introduction of any evidence, upon the ground of insufficiency of the information, and…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Hammond v. StateWashington Supreme Court · 1891

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. State v. RyanWashington Supreme Court · 1904
  2. State v. SowdersWashington Supreme Court · 1919
  3. State v. WinneSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1922
  4. State v. FiskWashington Supreme Court · 1929
  5. State v. LarsonMontana Supreme Court · 1926

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