Davis v. State

On 25 July 1972, in the Criminal Court of Baltimore, Judge Basil A. Thomas, sitting without a jury, convicted appellant Joseph L. Davis, Jr., of obtaining money by false pretenses. On appeal he complains that the evidence was insufficient to sustain his conviction and that the prosecution was barred by the statute of limitations.

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It is well settled in Maryland that the crime of false pretenses is committed “when a chattel, money or valuable security is obtained from another by making a false representation of a past or existing fact with intent to defraud and with knowledge of its falsity.”…