Legal Opinion
People v. Wakely
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided July 1, 1886PublishedCited by 45 opinions
Exceptions before judgment from Ionia. (Smith, J.) False pretenses. Respondent was convicted. The facts are stated in the opinion and summarized in head-note 2.
1Opinion of the CourtChamplin, J.
The defendant was informed against and convicted of obtaining personal property by false pretenses.
Objections are taken to the sufficiency of the information.
We are of opinion that the information is sufficient, under our statutes relative to pleadings in such cases. How. Stat. §§ 9226, 9539.
It was incumbent upon the prosecution to prove, not only * the representations and pretenses made, but their falsity,. substantially as alleged in the information. These were as follows:
“ That Hudson J. Wakely, * * on the fourth day of August, 1884, at the city of Ionia, in the county of Ionia, with…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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