State v. Pickett
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Pemiscot Circuit Court. — How. Henry C. Riley, Judge. Neither count in the information is good under 'the false pretense statute (sec: 1927, R. S. 1899), because the essential word, “designedly,” is omitted from each count. So, too, it is bad under the cheats and fraud statute (sec. 2213, R. S. 1899), because the essential words, “by means and the use of,” áre omitted in the charging clause *of the information. ■ The indictment is sufficient.
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Appeal from Pemiscot Circuit Court. — How. Henry C. Riley, Judge. Neither count in the information is good under 'the false pretense statute (sec: 1927, R. S. 1899), because the essential word, “designedly,” is omitted from each count. So, too, it is bad under the cheats and fraud statute (sec. 2213, R. S. 1899), because the essential words, “by means and the use of,” áre omitted in the charging clause *of the information. ■ The indictment is sufficient. It advises the defendant of the nature and cause of the accusation against him. The false pretenses are set out in detail. It charges that…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, P. J.
The defendant was prosecuted by information filed by the prosecuting attorney of Pemiscot county at the February adjourned term, 1901, of the circuit court of that county. The information contained three counts, and the defendant was acquitted by the jury on the second and third counts and convicted on the first. As the sufficiency of this first count. *665constitutes the principal contention on this appeal, we reproduce it here:
"L. L. Collins, prosecuting attorney within and for the county of Pemiscot and State of Missouri, upon his official oath informs the court that T. W. Pickett, late of the…
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