In Re Wignall

At the conclusion of the oral argument the Chief Justice made the following statement:

[1] The Chief Justice: The members of the court are satisfied that the first judgment pronounced by the trial court, which recited the verdict of the jury finding the petitioner guilty of the offense stated in the information, to wit, a conspiracy to obtain personal property to a value of more than one hundred dollars by false pretenses, was a sufficient sentence of the defendant for the term provided by law for conspiracy to commit a felony, that is, a sentence for the maximum term of ten years, as we…