Taylor v. Commonwealth

CLAY, Commissioner.

Appellant was indicted for, and convicted of, obtaining property under false pretenses, an offense under KRS 434.050. He was given a two-year sentence.

The first ground of appeal is that the offense proved against him constituted forgery and that he should have been prosecuted under KRS 434.130. There is no doubt the facts did establish the latter offense. However, they also established all of the elements of the crime under KRS 434.050 which are specified in Rowland v. Commonwealth, Ky., 355 S.W.2d 292, 294.

Inducing another to part with money or property by delivery of a…