State v. Dyer
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from the criminal court of Sherman, Grayson county. Tried below before the Hon. Silas Hare. F. M. Dyer was indicted, the charge being that he, fraudulently intending to swindle one John Bodine, did unlawfully, falsely, and fraudulently pretend to the said John Bodine that a certain writing obligatory, which he, the said F. M. Dyer, then and there fraudulently and falsely pretended to be a draft, and which said writing obligatory was in words and figures as follows: “…
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Appeal from the criminal court of Sherman, Grayson county. Tried below before the Hon. Silas Hare. F. M. Dyer was indicted, the charge being that he, fraudulently intending to swindle one John Bodine, did unlawfully, falsely, and fraudulently pretend to the said John Bodine that a certain writing obligatory, which he, the said F. M. Dyer, then and there fraudulently and falsely pretended to be a draft, and which said writing obligatory was in words and figures as follows: “ Sherman, Texas, Jan. 22, 1873. “ One day after date, for value received, we promise to pay to the order of F. M. Dyer…
1Opinion of the Court
Devine, Associate Justice.
This case is presented by the State on appeal from the judgment of the criminal court of Sherman quashing the indictment.
Appellee was indicted for “fraudulently intending to swindle one John Bodine” by falsely and fraudulently representing to Bodine that the following-described instrument of writing was a draft:
“Sherman, Texas, January 22, 1874.
“ One day after date, for value received, we promise to pay to the order of F. M. Dyer one hundred dollars.
“G-. Vanwinkle & Co.,
“Per Slater.”
The indictment further charged that defendant, knowing that the instrument was not a…
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