State v. Hopkins

The defendant was charged with the crime of obtaining money by false pretenses contrary to the provisions of § 9968, Comp. Laws 1913. The information charged: “That at said time and place the said defendant, Howard R. Hopkins, did wilfully, unlaw- ' fully, feloniously and fraudulently and with the intent to cheat and defraud John Swanton, as the duly authorized and acting administrator of the estate of Verne W. Parker, deceased, obtained from H. C. Brown, the duly authorized and acting agent of the said John Swanton ns said administrator, the sum of Five Dollars and Seventy' Cents ($5.VO) in…