State v. Terrill

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

George H. Terrill, the appellant, was convicted of obtaining $400 from Mrs. M. L. Foss by means of false pretenses. In the information it was alleged that Mrs. Foss was the beneficiary in a policy of insurance issued by the Knights and Ladies of Security and that, with intent to cheat and defraud her, appellant represented to her that the policy had been issued irregularly and that the only way to obtain the money due on the policy was through the assistance of the appellant and one Erdman by paying them $400, and that, believing his…