State v. Jamison

Seeveks, O. J.-. *• Sawre flelif®nlictomt.t: I. It is contended that the indictment is insufficient, and does not charge an offense pro.hibited by the statute, which provides’: “If any person, by false pretense, * * * and with the intent to defraud, obtain * * * the signature of any person to any written instrument, the false making of which would be punished as forgery,” he shall be punished, etc. Code, sec. 4073. The indictment charges, in substance, that the defendant was a loan agent, employed to make a loan of the sum of three hundred dollars to *615one Charlotte A. Swift, the same to be…