Rogers v. People

By separate Grand Jury indictments, plaintiff in error, to whom we will refer by name was charged in the Arapahoe County district court with the crimes of confidence game larceny, false pretenses, larceny by bailee, perjury, and embezzlement. All of the separate indictments were consolidated for trial, and at the close of the People’s case the court entered directed verdicts of acquittal on two of the indictments: the embezzlement charge on confession by the district attorney, and the charge of larceny by bailee on motion of Rogers. Motions for directed verdicts of acquittal on the other four…