State v. Echeverria

Defendant was charged with, convicted of, and sentenced for, willfully and feloniously obtaining property of the value of $166.45 from one L. B. Hoover, with ,the intent to defraud him, by use and means of the confidence game; the means used being a false and bogus draft, which defendant knew to be worthless.

Defendant moved to quash the indictment, on the ground that Act 43 of 1912, which is the act denouncing the offense which the indictment charges, is unconstitutional, for the reason that it violates article 10 of the Constitution of 1913, under which it was passed, by not defining the…