People v. Brady

There are two counts in the information here, both charging the larceny of seventy-five dollars on November 25, 1930. The first count charges the stealing of said money by means of false representations and pretenses by the defendant who obtained it with intent to defraud the true owner by falsely representing that he knew one Philip Marx, a policeman, who had arrested complainant for a violation of the National Prohibition Act, and that he could and would arrange with said Marx to have the said charge dismissed in the Federal court. In support of this allegation, the People’s testimony…