Pittman v. State

Citations

• 101 Miss. 553
• 58 So. 532

Syllabus

<p>False Pretense. Fraud. Necessity for. Code of 1906, Seo. 1166.</p> <p>In order to constitute an offense under the Code of 1906, Sec. 1166, punishing every person who with intent to cheat shall designedly by any false token or writing or by any false pretense obtain from a person money etc. the false pretense relied upon for conviction must be accompanied by something more than a mere false statement of a fact whereby money or other valuable thing is obtained from another. Such false statement must also be accompanied by an intent to cheat and defraud the person from whom the money is obtained.</p>