State v. . Dixon
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INDICTMENT for false pretence, tried before Shepherd, J., at Spring Term, 1888, of Onslow Superior Court. The indictment charges that the defendant, designing and intending to cheat and defraud George Canaday, on the 15th day of August, A. D. 1887, at and in the county aforesaid, unlawfully, knowingly and designedly did, unto George Canaday, falsely pretend that one U. G. Canaday did send him, the said John S. Dixon, to him, the said George Cana-day, after the sum of five…
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INDICTMENT for false pretence, tried before Shepherd, J., at Spring Term, 1888, of Onslow Superior Court. The indictment charges that the defendant, designing and intending to cheat and defraud George Canaday, on the 15th day of August, A. D. 1887, at and in the county aforesaid, unlawfully, knowingly and designedly did, unto George Canaday, falsely pretend that one U. G. Canaday did send him, the said John S. Dixon, to him, the said George Cana-day, after the sum of five dollars in money, whereas in truth and in fact the said U. G. Canaday did not send him, the said John S. Dixon, to him, •…
1Opinion of the CourtMerrimon, J.
(after stating the case.) The motion was properly disallowed. The indictment substantially and sufficiently, though not with as much fullness as is desirable, charges the defendant with having committed the statutory offence óf knowingly and designedly obtaining money by false pretence with intent to cheat or defraud, &c.
The statute (The pode, § 1025) prescribing and defining that offence is very broad and comprehensive in its terms and purpose. It provides that “ if any person shall knowingly and designedly, by means of any forged or counterfeited paper, in writing or in print, or by any…
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