Legal Opinion

People v. Reed

California Supreme Court

Decided August 30, 1886No. 20200PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Sacramento County, and from an order refusing a new trial. The facts are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

Searls, C.

The defendant was indicted in the county of Sacramento, upon a charge of obtaining property by false pretenses, under section 532 of the Penal Code, and was tried and convicted.

This appeal is from the judgment of conviction, and from an order denying a motion on the part of defendant for a new trial.

The indictment charges that the defendant, at the county of Sacramento, in September, 1885, falsely and fraudulently, and with the intent to defraud one Samuel Purrington of his property, represented to said Purring-ton that he, the said defendant, was then and there the owner and…

2Cited by14 opinions

  1. People v. ThornCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1934
  2. People v. CummingsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1899
  3. Holton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1899
  4. People v. CummingsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1897
  5. People v. SkidmoreCalifornia Supreme Court · 1899

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