Fisher v. State

Hart, J.,

(after stating the facts). The defendant was indicted under ■§ 2449 of Crawford & Moses’ Digest, which reads as follows: “Every person who, with intent to defraud or cheat another, shall designedly, by color of any false token or writing, or by any other false pretense, obtain a signature of any person to any written instrument, or obtain from any person any money, personal property, right of action, or other valuable thing or effects whatever, upon conviction thereof shall be deemed guilty of larceny and punished accordingly.”

The first assignment of error is that the indictment is…