Vaughan v. State

1. One essential element in the offense of cheating and swindling by false representations is that the representations must relate to an existing fact or past event. A representation, even though false and fraudulent, relating to the future can not be the basis of a prosecution for cheating and swindling. Ryan v. State, 45 Ga. 128; Miller v. State, 99 Ga. 207 (25 S. E. 169); Dickerson v. State, 113 Ga. 1035 (39 S. E. 426); Edge v. State, 114 Ga. 113 (39 S. E. 889); Goddard v. State, 2 Ga. App. 154 (58 S. E. 304); Meacham v. State, 7 Ga. App. 713 (2) (68 S. E. 52).

2. The accused contracted to…