Norton v. People

Plaintiff in error, defendant below was convicted in the district court of conspiracy to commit a felony, to wit, the crime of obtaining money by false pretenses. The pertinent parts of the indictment are:

“That on the twenty-second day of July, A. D. 1937, and thence continuously until the tenth day of July, A. D. 1939, * * * E. W. Tarrant and James H. Norton, did * * * conspire * * * to do an unlawful and felonious act, to-wit, a felony, to-wit, the crime of obtaining money by false pretenses, in that * * * Tarrant and * * * Norton, with intent to cheat and defraud Lucien E. Umbricht, did *…