State v. . Reese
Supreme Court of North Carolina
IndictmeNt for False Pretence tried at Spring. Term, 1880, of Bertie Superior Court, before Qudger, J. The defendant was indicted in the inferior court of Bertie uounty for obtaining goods and money by false pretences.
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IndictmeNt for False Pretence tried at Spring. Term, 1880, of Bertie Superior Court, before Qudger, J. The defendant was indicted in the inferior court of Bertie uounty for obtaining goods and money by false pretences. The bill of indictment was as follows, viz: “ The jurors for the state upon their oath present that on the first day of January, 1876, in the said county one Walter R. Reese, late of Said county of Bertie, designedly and with intent to defraud Henderson Pritchard and John A. Pritchard did, by unlawfully, fraudulently, designedly and falsely pretending and alleging to said…
1Opinion of the Court
Ashe, J,
There were five grounds assigned for quashing the indictment, only one of which we think is worthy of the consideration of this court, and that is the second which assigns the want of certainty in the description of the property obtained as a fatal defect in the indictment. We hold this objection is well taken. The bill is informally and loosely drawn, and We think the allegation that the defendant obtained goods and money from Henderson Pritchard and John A. Pritchard is too vague and uncertain. As a general rule the same degree of certainty in the description of the goods obtained,…
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