Mathena v. State

Citations

• 15 Tex. Ct. App. 473
• 1884 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 28

Syllabus

<p>Swindling by Means oe False Pretenses—Pleading.—To charge the offerise of swindling by means of false pretenses, the indictment or information must set out the particular false pretenses relied upon—must allege that they were known by the accused to be false, or that, being false, he knowingly made them—and must allege that the injured party was induced to part with his property by means of the false pretenses.</p>