People v. Segal

Respondent stands convicted of having obtained the sum of $500 under false pretenses from one Josephine Klepeck. The facts as testified to by witnesses on behalf of the people are as follows: Respondent was acquainted with and lived near Mrs. Klepeck on the same street in Grand Rapids. On March 13, 1909, he went to her and represented to her that he then had three car loads of potatoes which he wished to ship to a rabbi in San Francisco; that he needed $500 to complete the shipment; that he would make $3,000 out of the deal, and would return the $500 to her in three weeks. Two days later…