Legal Opinion
State v. Cook
Washington Supreme Court
Decided December 13, 1920No. 15982PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Hall, J., entered April 10, 1920, upon a trial and conviction of grand larceny by obtaining money under false pretenses.
1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.
The defendant Cook was, in the superior court for King county, found by a jury guilty of' tbe crime of grand larceny, committed by false representations, upon an information charging as follows :
“He, said Chester A. Cook, in the county of King, state of "Washington, on the 30th day of September, A. D. 1918, did then and there wilfully, unlawfully, falsely, designedly, fraudulently and feloniously pretend and represent to one Lizzie E. Wiles that there was due and owing to said Chester A. Cook by said Lizzie E. Wiles for and on account of expense incurred for work and labor performed by one W.…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- State v. GayWashington Supreme Court · 1914
- Jones v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1886
- State v. LyleWashington Supreme Court · 1919
3Cited by3 opinions
- State v. CookWashington Supreme Court · 1923
- State v. WilliamsWashington Supreme Court · 1931
- State v. GunnsWashington Supreme Court · 1925