State v. Clough

GODFREY, Justice.

Like State v. Voisine, Me., 391 A.2d 1196 (1978), this case arose out of the payroll padding scheme in the Portland Public Works Department. The trial in this case was held two months after the trial of Voisine. With some exceptions, the evidence before the jury was similar to that described in the Voisine case. Like Voisine, appellants were indicted for conspiracy to commit the crime of cheating by false pretenses and for cheating by false pretenses under former 17 M.R.S.A. §§ 951 and 1601. Appellants were four of the six employees who were most often overpaid.

As in Voisine,…