People v. Andre

Exceptions before sentence to review conviction of obtaining money by false pretenses. Defendant Andre was engaged in the business of buying and selling eggs, poultry, etc., at Grand Ledge, under the title of the Grand Ledge Cold Storage Company. The complaining witness, George J. Scoefield, of Eaton Rapids, having seen Mr. Andre’s advertisement for the purchase of eggs, went to Grand Ledge on the 28th of April, 1906, and proposed to sell eggs to Andre. In the course of this interview, it is alleged, the false representations relied upon were made. The information sets out the false pretenses…