Legal Opinion

State v. Montgomery

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided June 9, 1881PublishedCited by 18 opinions

Appeal from Wapello District Court. The defendant, H. A. Montgomery, was convicted of the crime of obtaining money under false pretenses, of one Frizzell. Judgment having been rendered upon the verdict, he appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

Adams, Ch. J.

1. criminal tensesMniictl ment. The defendant demurred to the indictment. The demurrer was overruled, and the defendant as-signs tlie overruling as error.

The defendant was indicted jointly with one Thomas Davis. The indictment chames that *196Montgomery and Davis, by false pretenses and with intent to defraud, obtained eighteen dollars from Erizzell; that they falsely represented to Erizzell that Davis had certain goods in possession of the Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railroad Co., at Ottumwa, Iowa, to be shipped-to Sedalia, Mo., on the same train with Frizzell, and would return said…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. State v. . YoungSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1877

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. People v. SummersMichigan Supreme Court · 1898
  2. Indemnity Insurance Company of North America, a Corporation v. Pioneer Valley Savings Bank, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1965
  3. State v. FooksSupreme Court of Iowa · 1884
  4. State v. GrantSupreme Court of Iowa · 1892
  5. State v. CarterSupreme Court of Iowa · 1900

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