People v. Larco

Defendant was tried before a jury in the recorder’s court of the city of Detroit and has appealed from the verdict and sentence. The information in the case contained 2 counts. The first ■count, under which defendant was convicted, alleged the offense of obtaining money under false pretenses in violation of CL 1948, § 750.218 (Stat Ann § 28.415). The second count charged the common-law offense of soliciting a bribe, the punishment for which is fixed by CL 1948, § 750.505 (Stat Ann § 28.773). The case was submitted to the jury under a charge permitting the return of a verdict of not guilty as…