State v. Moran
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court,' Cascade County; J. B. Leslie, Judge. • Frank Moran and Jos. J. Burke were convicted of the eonfi- . dence game, and they appeal. Because of the lack of authorities construing section 8684, Revised Codes, and the lack of statute similar to ours, wre are confined to the law of obtaining money under false pretenses to determine what proof is necessary under the information in this case.
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Appeal from District Court,' Cascade County; J. B. Leslie, Judge. • Frank Moran and Jos. J. Burke were convicted of the eonfi- . dence game, and they appeal. Because of the lack of authorities construing section 8684, Revised Codes, and the lack of statute similar to ours, wre are confined to the law of obtaining money under false pretenses to determine what proof is necessary under the information in this case. Corpus Juris defines bunco when used as a noun, as a swindling game or trick by which two or more confederates decoy a stranger to a house for the purpose of robbing or of fleecing…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cooper
This appeal is from a judgment of conviction of the confidence game, or “bunco,” as denounced in section 8684 of the Revised Codes.
The defendants having decided not to assume the risk of going upon the stand in their own defense, the case rests upon the evidence adduced by the state alone, the substance of which is [1] as follows: The complaining witness came from North Dakota to Montana, using as a means of conveyance an automobile which he intended to sell, and, with the proceeds thereof, engage in farming in a small way. On a Saturday evening, about the last of July, 1917, while sitting on…
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- People v. HotzIllinois Supreme Court · 1913
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- People v. MillerIllinois Supreme Court · 1917
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