King v. State

Citations

• 124 Miss. 477
• 86 So. 874

Syllabus

<p>Fai.se ■ Pretenses. Elements of offense stated; evidence held insufficient to sustain conviction.</p> <p>It is not sufficient, to sustain a .conviction for obtaining money under false pretense, to prove merely that a representation was false in fact; but the proof must show that that statement was , known to be false by the person making it, or he must state the fact in such way as to carry assurance to the party that he is dealing with that the representation is true of his knowledge, and the representation must have been the efficient cause of the money being paid to such party.</p>