Winnett v. State

'Voorhees, J.

The case of Albert E. Winnett, plaintiff in error, against the state of Ohio, defendant in error, is in this court on error. The plaintiff contends that the court below erred in overruling a demurrer to the indictment upon which he was tried and convicted. The indictment charged plaintiff in error with obtaining the signature of one Swartz to a promissory note for two hundred dollars, by false pretenses.

The indictment is founded upon sec. 7076, Rev. Stat., which provides: “Whoever, by any false pretense, with intent to defraud, obtains from any person anything of value, or…