People of State of New York v. . Blanchard
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Superior Court of Buffalo, entered upon an order made Hay 15, 1882, which affirmed a judgment entered upon a verdict convicting the defendant of the crime of obtaining property by false pretenses.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Superior Court of Buffalo, entered upon an order made Hay 15, 1882, which affirmed a judgment entered upon a verdict convicting the defendant of the crime of obtaining property by false pretenses. The indictment charged that defendant, on the 10th day of February, 1880, at the city of Buffalo, with the intent to cheat and defraud John Thompson, did “ unlawfully, knowingly and designedly, falsely pretend and represent unto the said John Thompson, that he, the said John H. Blanchard, was agent for Otto Gulick, of Utica; and that he wanted to buy…
1Opinion of the CourtFinch, J.
The defendant was indicted for obtaining property under false pretenses. The representations alleged to be false were stated in the indictment to have been that the accused “was agent for Otto Gulick of Utica, and that he wanted to buy eighteen cattle for Otto Gulick of Utica; and that Otto Gulick of Utica wanted him to buy for him and send him eighteen cattle; and that he had a contract with Otto Gulick of Utica for buying cattle for said Gulick, and that said Gulick had agreed to pay him one dollar a head for buying cattle for him.” Taking this accusation as a whole, and construing' it in…
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