State v. Palmer
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from Shawnee District Court. Prosecution for obtaining money uuder false pretenses. Verdict of guilty, and judgment thereon, January 27, 1892. Defendant, Margaret J. Palmer, appeals. The opinion states the facts. There is absolutely no proof that the complaining witness, McClelland, was defrauded or harmed, but there is proof that he has not been harmed, not defrauded.
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Appeal from Shawnee District Court. Prosecution for obtaining money uuder false pretenses. Verdict of guilty, and judgment thereon, January 27, 1892. Defendant, Margaret J. Palmer, appeals. The opinion states the facts. There is absolutely no proof that the complaining witness, McClelland, was defrauded or harmed, but there is proof that he has not been harmed, not defrauded. This case comes precisely within the reason of the rule in The State v. Clark, 46 Kas. 65; The Slate v. Matthews, 44 id. 596. See, also, The People v. Wakeley, 62 Mich. 297. The state does not even allege that said $700…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Strang, C.:
This is an appeal from a conviction in Shawnee county, on an information charging the defendant with having obtained money under false pretenses. The information alleges that the defendant, on the 28th day of August, 1891, obtained from Francis L. McClelland, at Topeka, Kas., the sum of $200, by falsely, unlawfully, designedly and feloniously representing to said Francis L. McClelland :
“1. That she was then and there the owner of a certain promissory note, bearing date November 13,1890, due in one year after date, payable to the order of M. J. Palmer, for the sum of…
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