State v. Ryan
Oregon Supreme Court
From Marion : George H. BurNETT, Judge. J. 0. Ryan, not being entirely contented with a sentence of three years in the penitentiary for participating in a robbery perpetrated by means of a fake foot race, appeals, insisting that his offense, if any, is obtaining money by false pretenses, or a gross cheat at common law.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice WolvertoN
The defendant was convicted of the crime of larceny, and appeals from the judgment rendered in pursuance thereof.
The subject of the larceny was $2,000, consisting of 100 gold $20 pieces, current money of the United States, alleged to have been the property of one John F. Roth, the prosecuting witness. Roth testified in substance that he was acquainted with the defendant; that he met him in Salem, Oregon, at the Willamette Hotel on the 23d day of September, 1904; that defendant came to a room in the hotel occupied by witness and a party by the name of Huston, and was introduced to him by…
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