Baker v. State
Wisconsin Supreme Court
TEeboe to review a ¡judgment of the circuit court for St. Croix county: E. W. Helms, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff in error was convicted upon an information 'which alleged that she had feloniously, unlawfully, knowingly, designedly, and with intent to defraud one Alex. ’Turner, pretended to him that she was a representative and -agent of an orphan asylum located at the city of Duluth, •known as the “Baker Orphanagethat Mrs. Phipps was the local representative at Hudson,…
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TEeboe to review a ¡judgment of the circuit court for St. Croix county: E. W. Helms, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff in error was convicted upon an information 'which alleged that she had feloniously, unlawfully, knowingly, designedly, and with intent to defraud one Alex. ’Turner, pretended to him that she was a representative and -agent of an orphan asylum located at the city of Duluth, •known as the “Baker Orphanagethat Mrs. Phipps was the local representative at Hudson, Wisconsin, of said asylum ¡known as the “Baker Orphanagethat the same was an in.•stitution of the same kind and character as the…
1Opinion of the CourtDodgke, J.
1. -The first assignment of error involves the contention that the statute (sec. 4423, Stats. 1898) punishing the obtaining of money under false pretenses applies only to commercial transactions, and is not applicable to the mere inducing of one to donate money as a charity. This contention has support from People v. Clough, 17 Wend. 351, which seems not to have been questioned or expressly reaffirmed on this point in New York. The conclusion was reached in that case on the strength of the recitation which preceded the English statute (30 Geo. II, ch. 24) which was the prototype of most of…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- People v. . MolineuxNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Emery v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1899
- Mayer v. . the PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- Paulson v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1903
- Shaw v. GilbertWisconsin Supreme Court · 1901
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3Cited by23 opinions
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