Robinson v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Hearing on an appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia convicting him of obtaining money by false pretenses with intent to defraud.
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Hearing on an appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia convicting him of obtaining money by false pretenses with intent to defraud. The Court in the opinion stated the facts as follows: The defendant, George P. Robinson, appellant here, was convicted in the supreme court of the District of the offense of obtaining money by false pretenses, “with intent to defraud” . (Code, sec. 842 [31 Stat. at L. 1326, chap. 854]), as'charged in three of the four counts of the indictment. There was evidence before the jury tending to prove the following facts:…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Robb
' At the close of the evidence the defendant requested an instructed verdict of not guilty as to each count, but here concedes that there was evidence sufficient to go to the jury under the fourth count. While the evidence under the first and third counts is not quite as clear as that under the fourth count, it nevertheless is sufficiently so to sustain the verdict as to those counts, and hence there was no error in submitting them to the jury. Under each of those counts the jury was justified in finding from the evidence that the defendant, knowingly and with intent to defraud, made material…
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