State v. Scott

WOLFE, Justice.

Appellants appeal their conviction of the crime of obtaining money by means of a coin matching confidence game.

Chapt. 18 of Title 103, U. C. A. 1943, is entitled: “False Personation and Cheats.” Section 16 thereof reads:

“Every person who obtains or attempts to obtain from any other person any money or property by any means, instrument or device commonly called a confidence game shall be imprisoned in the state prison not more than ten years.”

The appellants were found guilty of the above offense, upon an information and bill of particulars which charge as follows:

Information

“That…