Matthews v. People

The almost universal practice to pursue the defense of a criminal case to the “last ditch’’ willprobably take this case to the supreme court for ultimate determination. This circumstance removes all necessity to give other than the briefest expression to our conclusions respecting this record. Matthews, the plaintiff in error, was prosecuted for obtaining money from Mrs. Boyle by false pretenses, which is a crime under the statute. Mrs. Boyle had been the owner of some realty in Washington, which had been sold under foreclosure proceedings which were alleged to have been illegal and therefore…