MOFFATT v. UNITED STATES

No. 5231.

46 F.2d 616 (1931)

MOFFATT v. UNITED STATES.

Court of Appeals of District of Columbia.

Decided January 6, 1931.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. O'Shea and John H. Burnett, both of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Leo A. Rover, of Washington, D. C., for the United States.

Before MARTIN, Chief Justice, and ROBB and VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justices.


ROBB, Associate Justice.

Appellant was convicted of the crime of false pretenses, and sentenced to the penitentiary for the term of five years.

The indictment was in four counts, but only two transactions were involved. In the first and second counts the crime of larceny after trust was charged, and in the third and fourth that appellant falsely represented to Marie T. Pauli that he (appellant) "was backed by the Riggs National Bank of this city," and that...

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