Commonwealth v. Sessions
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Indictment, alleging that the defendant, on July 16,1896, at Worcester, with intent to cheat and defraud George L. Stevens, did then and there falsely pretend and represent to him that she “ had theretofore secured and had positive evidence that moneys of one George H. Hill to the amount of forty-seven thousand dollars were deposited and held at the time aforesaid in some certain bank or banking institution or trust company in Providence, in the State of Rhode Island,” and…
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Indictment, alleging that the defendant, on July 16,1896, at Worcester, with intent to cheat and defraud George L. Stevens, did then and there falsely pretend and represent to him that she “ had theretofore secured and had positive evidence that moneys of one George H. Hill to the amount of forty-seven thousand dollars were deposited and held at the time aforesaid in some certain bank or banking institution or trust company in Providence, in the State of Rhode Island,” and that she “ had theretofore made some certain arrangement whereby, upon the payment of five thousand dollars to 'her ” by…
1Opinion of the CourtAllen, J.
This is an indictment for obtaining money by false pretences. It set forth in substance that the defendant, on the 16th of July, 1896, at Worcester, with intent to cheat and defraud George L. Stevens, did falsely pretend and represent to him that she “ had theretofore secured and had positive evidence that moneys of one George H. Hill to the amount of §47,000 were deposited and held at the time aforesaid in some certain bank or banking institution or trust company in Providence,and that she “ had theretofore made some certain arrangement whereby, upon the payment of §5,000 to her ” by said…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Commonwealth v. CoeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1874
- Commonwealth v. LeeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
- Commonwealth v. HoweMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1882
- Commonwealth v. StevensonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1879
- Commonwealth v. DrewMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
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- Certal v. South Shore Bottled Gas Co.Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1962