Stifel v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
Erom Allen Circuit Court; Edward O’Rourke, Judge. Prosecution by tbe State of Indiana against Albert G. Stifel for obtaining money under false pretenses. Erom a judgment entered on a verdict of guilty, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHadley, J.
Appellant was convicted, on an affidavit and information, of obtaining money by false pretenses. He asks that the judgment be reversed for alleged errors of the court in overruling his motion to quash and for a new trial.
The information is not bad, under §1141 Burns 1901, for failure to show upon its face that it was based upon the affidavit of a competent and reputable person. Blake v. State (1897), 18 Ind. App. 280. But it is bad for uncertainty and failure to show affirmatively some reasonable *629connection between the false pfetense and the obtaining of the check and the receiving of the…
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