State v. Williams

The Sta'te, by its appeal in this case, presents the question of the sufficiency of an indictment for obtaining goods by false pretences.

After the formal part, the indictment charges, in substance, that Hiram B. Williams, on a date mentioned, “did then and there feloniously, designedly, and with intent to defraud Francis H. Leggett & Co., and for the purpose of obtaining •credit of and from the firm of Francis H. Leggett & Co., *236falsely pretend to the said Francis H. Leggett & Co., that the firm known as H. B. Williams & Co., dealing in and, selling groceries and general merchandise in the…