Neetens

People v. Neetens

Good Law
1919 Cal. App. LEXIS 640·42 Cal. App. 596·184 P. 27
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaAugust 11, 1919Crim. No. 470.California1,847 words

Opinion

lead Opinion

Burnett, J.

Appellant was convicted of obtaining money under false pretenses and he appeals from the judgment, the order denying a motion for a new trial, and the order denying a motion in arrest of judgment.

The information upon which he was convicted- charged the offense as follows: “The said Alexander Neetens did on or about the 24th day of November, A. D. 1918, . . . devise and intend by unlawful ways and means and by false and fraudulent representations and pretenses to obtain and get into his possession the personal property of one Jakob Hieb, in the manner following, to wit: That the said Alexander Neetens did, at and in the county aforesaid, and on or about the date aforesaid, willfully, unlawfully, knowingly, designedly, falsely and fraudulently pretend and represent to said Jakob Hieb that he, the said Alexander Neetens, had met one Dan Seyer in the city of Stockton; . . . and had made arrangements with the said Dan Seyer to pay a mortgage which the said Dan Seyer held on the property of one Christina Wagenmann on De Force Avenue in the City of Lodi, County of San Joaquin; . . . and that he desired to obtain from the said Jakob Hieb the sum of one hundred dollars until 10 o ’clock…

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