State v. Feazell
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jasper Circuit Court. — Hon. E. C. Ceow, Judge. The indictment follows the language of the statute. R. S. 1889, see. 3564. It negatives the pretense. State v. Peacock, 31 Mo. 413. And alleges that the party from whom defendant obtained the money parted with same by reason of the false pretenses.
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Appeal from Jasper Circuit Court. — Hon. E. C. Ceow, Judge. The indictment follows the language of the statute. R. S. 1889, see. 3564. It negatives the pretense. State v. Peacock, 31 Mo. 413. And alleges that the party from whom defendant obtained the money parted with same by reason of the false pretenses. State v. Bonnell, 46 Mo. 395. An indictment for obtaining goods by false pretenses, which alleges several matters, one of which in contemplation of law may not be a false pretense, because it relates to something done in the future, is not thereby vitiated if others are such false…
1Opinion of the CourtBueg-ess, J.
The defendant was indicted in the circuit court of Jasper county under section 3564, Revised Statutes, 1889, for obtaining money under false pretenses. A motion to quash the indictment was sustained by the trial court, and the only question *178to be considered here is the sufficiency of the indictment, which, omitting the formal parts, is as follows:
“One Robert Feazell, intending, designing, and contriving to cheat and defraud one Arch King of his money, goods, wares, and merchandise, and with the view and intent to effect the loan hereinafter mentioned, did then and there designedly,…
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