Commonwealth v. McCall

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Carroll—

Certifying the law.

The grand jury of Madison county returned the following indictment against the appellee, McCall:

“The grand jury of Madison county, in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, accuse Hubert McCall, alias Charley Johnson, of the crime of obtaining money and property by false pretenses.

That said Hubert McCall, alias Charley Johnson, on the 14th day of May, 1919, in the county aforesaid, did unlawfully, willfully, feloniously and falsely pretend and state to Webber Hamilton that his name was Charley Johnson and…