PIERCE, P.J.
Defendant was convicted of grand theft committed by obtaining money by false pretenses. His contentions on appeal can best be explained from a background of the facts proved.
Defendant met Mrs. Esther M. (we will preserve partial anonymity) in June 1963 at the Senior Citizens' Center in Sacramento. She was a widow 68 years of age. Defendant called himself "Major Theodore Roosevelt Curtis." After the meeting, a warm friendship developed. Curtis...
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