People v. Chrystal
New York Supreme Court
This was a motion, by the defendants, who had been convicted upon an indictment for obtaining money by false presences, for a new trial, upon a bill of exceptions. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Mitchell, J.
The defendants were indicted at the general sessions in the city of New-York for obtaining the money of one Lathrop by false pretences, namely, by falsely pretending that a watch which they offered for sale to him was a gold watch, 18 carats fine, and had cost $80 but a few days since; when in fact it was not 18 carats fine, nor of gold, but of an entirely different metal, and had not cost $80 or any such sum, and the defendants knew it. The indictment was removed into this court and tried here.
Pursuant to the act of 1844, ch. 415, p. 376, § 11, application was made…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- In re BronsonNew York Supreme Court · 1815
- Milliken v. SelyeNew York Supreme Court · 1846
3Cited by2 opinions
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- People v. WardNew York Court of General Session of the Peace · 1860