People v. Butler

The respondent was convicted in the recorder’s court, and appeals to this court. The information filed in this case reads as follows:

“That Daniel M. Butler and William H. Bird, late of said city of Detroit, heretofore, to wit, on the 1st day of May, in A. D. 1895, at the said city of Detroit, in the county aforesaid, unlawfully, falsely, deceitfully, and fraudulently did combine, conspire, confederate, and agree together, by divers false pretenses, subtle means, and devices, to attain and acquire unto themselves, of and from the county of Wayne, a sum of money, to wit, the sum of fifty…