Moulie v. State

Citations

• 37 Fla. 321

Syllabus

<p>1. In an indictment for obtaining goods by false pretenses, the ownership of the property alleged to have been obtained by reason of such pretenses is a material averment and should be stated in an information or indictment for such offense. If the property fraudulently obtained was money, the same rule applies, and the ownership should be directly alleged.</p> <p>3. In an information for obtaining .money by reason of false pretenses it is not sufficient that it may be gathered by inference from the allegations thereof that the ownership of the money was in some person therein named, but such ownership is a material fact, and should be directly averred.</p>