State v. Torrence.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INDICTMENT against Will Torrence, bear'd by Judge Henry B. Bryan, at August Term, 1900, of Rowan Superior Court. Indictment for obtaining goods under false pretenses, under Code, sec.' 1027, tried before Bryan, J.: “Tbe jurors,” etc., “present that Will Torrence, witb force and arms,” etc., “on tbe 20tb day of June, 1900, witb intent to< cheat and defraud, did unlawfully, wilfully, and feloniously obtain from J. M. Surrat and another goods, wares, and merchandise to tbe…
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INDICTMENT against Will Torrence, bear'd by Judge Henry B. Bryan, at August Term, 1900, of Rowan Superior Court. Indictment for obtaining goods under false pretenses, under Code, sec.' 1027, tried before Bryan, J.: “Tbe jurors,” etc., “present that Will Torrence, witb force and arms,” etc., “on tbe 20tb day of June, 1900, witb intent to< cheat and defraud, did unlawfully, wilfully, and feloniously obtain from J. M. Surrat and another goods, wares, and merchandise to tbe amount of $22.34, asserting at tbe time that be was tbe owner of a chose in -action against tbe Southern Railway Company for…
1Opinion of the CourtClabK, J.
The indictment charges that the defendant “did unlawfully, wilfully, -and feloniously obtain from J. M. Surrat and another goods, wares, and merchandise to the amount of $22.34, asserting at the time that he was the owner of a ehose in action against the Southern Railway Company, and agreeing in writing to apply said wages, or the proceeds, to the amount of $22.34, to the discharge of said debt, whereas the said Will Torrence has failed, or refused, to so apply said wages, but disposed of the same in some other manner than agreed in said representation, contrary to the form of the statute,”…
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