State v. Devot

I dissent. We are agredd that the crime of obtaining property or money by false pretenses or fraudulent means is completed where the property or money is obtained; and, if the pretenses are made in one jurisdiction and the property or money obtained in another, the offense is indictable only in the latter jurisdiction. What chiefly divides us is: (1) Where was the money here obtained? And (2) whether the place where it was obtained was one of fact for the jury or of law for the court, and whether in such respect error was committed in the court’s refusal to charge as requested by the…