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State v. Sheehan

Idaho Supreme Court

Decided March 22, 1921PublishedCited by 13 opinions

APPEAL from the District Court of the Third Judicial District, for Ada County. Hon. Carl A. Davis, Judge. Judgment of conviction for the crime of obtaining money by false pretenses. The crime of obtaining money by false pretenses is punishable only in the state where the money is actually obtained. (Bates v. State, 124 Wis. 612, 4 Ann. Cas. 365, 103 N. W. 251; State v. Smith, 162 Iowa, 336; 144 N. W. 32, 49 L. R. A., N. S., 834;. Commonwealth v. Van Twyl, 1 Met.

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APPEAL from the District Court of the Third Judicial District, for Ada County. Hon. Carl A. Davis, Judge. Judgment of conviction for the crime of obtaining money by false pretenses. The crime of obtaining money by false pretenses is punishable only in the state where the money is actually obtained. (Bates v. State, 124 Wis. 612, 4 Ann. Cas. 365, 103 N. W. 251; State v. Smith, 162 Iowa, 336; 144 N. W. 32, 49 L. R. A., N. S., 834;. Commonwealth v. Van Twyl, 1 Met. (Ky.) 1, 71 Am. Dec. 455; Connor v. State, 29 Fla. 455, 30 Am. St. 126, 10 So. 891; Graham v. People, 181 111. 477, 55 N. E. 179, 47…

1Opinion of the CourtBudge, J.

Appellant Sheehan, alias W. T. Watson, E. P. Morton, Frank Caviness, alias John Doe Dise, and F. L. King, were charged with the crime of obtaining money by false pretenses, in that they did, with intent, knowingly, designedly, wilfully, unlawfully, falsely, fraudulently and feloniously, defraud one A. L. Roberts of about $3,800, lawful money of the United States, representing and pretending to him that Morton had come to Boise for the purpose of purchasing stock of the Columbia & Nehalem River "Railroad; that certain of said stock was owned and possessed by various individuals, including…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Bartley v. StateNebraska Supreme Court · 1898
  2. People v. WhalenCalifornia Supreme Court · 1908
  3. People v. BotkinCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1908
  4. People v. LeavensCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1909
  5. People v. BotkinCalifornia Supreme Court · 1901

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. State v. OrrIdaho Supreme Court · 1933
  2. State v. StratfordIdaho Supreme Court · 1934
  3. State v. StevensIdaho Supreme Court · 1929
  4. State v. MundellIdaho Supreme Court · 1945
  5. State v. ElisondoIdaho Court of Appeals · 1982

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