Woods v. Hollowell

The facts of the case, as disclosed by the petition for the writ, are that the plaintiff herein was, under the name of Jack Lusk, charged by indictment with the crime of cheating by false pretenses, the allegations of the indictment being, in substance, that the defendant therein falsely and fraudulently represented to one Dewey Burns that a certain check for the sum of $10 was worth its face value, and if said Burns would take the said check, it would be paid by the bank on which it was drawn; and that thereby Burns, relying on such representations, was induced to accept the check, and…