Bowler v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to Lowndes circuit court. Foote, J. Pleasant Bowler was indicted at the February term of the-circuit court of Lowndes county for obtaining money under false pretenses.
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Error to Lowndes circuit court. Foote, J. Pleasant Bowler was indicted at the February term of the-circuit court of Lowndes county for obtaining money under false pretenses. The indictment charges that, “ on the 30th day of October, 1866, Pleasant Bowler, contriving and intending fraudulently and deceitfully to cheat aud defraud one James Lull, clerk of. the Columbus Colored Baptist Church, of his goods, chattels,, and money, falsely and fraudulently did, knowingly and designedly, pretend to tbe said James Lull that he was a regularly ordained minister of tbe Baptist ebureb, in good and…
1Opinion of the Court
Ellett, J.:
This is an indictment against the plaintiff in error for obtaining money by false pretences under article 100, Bev. Code, 591.
The substance of the charge is that the accused falsely pretended to be a regularly ordained minister of the Colored Bap- - tist Church in good standing, and thereby induced the church in Columbus to call him as their pastor, and to pay him the sum of $125.
A motion was made in the court below to quash the indictment on the ground that the offense is a felony, and was not charged to have been committed “feloniously.” The offense of obtaining money or goods by…
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