People v. Weisbard

The defendant is charged with the crime of grand larceny by false pretenses (Penal Law, § 1290). The complaint *386alleges, and the testimony offered in support of the complaint shows, that in September, 1930, the defendant induced the complainant to take a lease of a hotel in the borough of Manhattan for a term of years. The defendant represented to the complainant that it was a “ respectable ” hotel and that two-thirds of its rooms were occupied by paying guests. The complainant relied on these representations; they were among the inducing causes which led him to sign the lease. Upon the…