People v. Revley

Defendants appeal from a judgment of conviction of the crime of obtaining money by false pretenses and from an order denying their motion for' a new trial.

The information, in effect, charged that the defendants, with intent then and there to cheat and defrand one Olive A. Stowell, did willfully, unlawfully and feloniously pretend and represent to the said Olive A. Stowell that the defendants were the authorized agents of and for the J. B. Barrett Company of San Francisco, and that the defendants were purchasing oil stock for and on account, and as agents of the said J. B. Barrett Company,…