State v. Aurgemma

The defendant was tried and convicted in a nonjury trial in the Superior Court on three counts of a five count indictment charging him with obtaining money from another by means of false pretenses in violation of G. L. 1956 (1969 Reenactment) §11-41-4. The case is here on the defendant’s appeal.

For our recitation of the material facts, we draw primarily upon the trial justice’s factual determinations. As viewed by him the record discloses that Charles St. Peter met defendant at a lumber yard in June 1970. St. Peter had just purchased two sheets of paneling in order “to do a little…