People v. Lewis
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from court of general sessions, Sew York county. Trial of an indictment against Samuel W. Lewis for larceny in obtaining money under false pretenses. On trial, the jury found a verdict of guilty of grand larceny in the first decree. From the judgment of conviction entered upon the verdict, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtAndrews, J.
The defendant was indicted for what formerly would have been the crime of obtaining money by false pretenses, but which, under the Penal Code, is now larceny. The substance of the charge set forth in the indictment was that the defendant on July 19, 1887, stole from one Alice*G. Bostwick the sum of $5,500 by means of a false and fraudulent pretense and representation that he had in the month previous purchased for her 100 shares of stock of the Pullman Palace-Car Company, and had arranged that the same should be paid for by her in installments; that he had made various payments on account of…
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