State v. Huckins

I. The information is in short form accusing the defendant George E. Huckins of obtaining on or about October 31, 1929, $300 in money from Emil Levsen by means of false pretenses. The information does not set out the false pretenses relied upon for conviction. No bill of particulars was demanded. The alleged false pretenses as shown by the evidence and submitted to the jury in the instructions were: That defendant “and his father were engaged in the cigar business and were financing the overproduction of cigars that the large tobacco concerns had on hand; that they operated the business of…