State v. Bingham

Citations

• 51 Wash. 616
• 99 P. 735
• 1909 Wash. LEXIS 1240

Syllabus

<p>False Pretenses — Evidence—Sufficiency—Identity—Misrepresenting Name — Materiality. The evidence is insufficient to sustain a conviction for obtaining money under false pretenses, by means of falsely representing that the accused was the owner and indorser of a check indorsed by J. H. H. when in truth that was not his name and neither the indorsement nor the check were his, where it appears that he had. assumed the name of J. H. H. and the check was his property and he had a right to indorse the same in such name, the only false statement being the misrepresentation as to his name; since that was immaterial, and any representations implied from presentation that the check was signed by the drawer, and was the property of accused and indorsed by him, were all true.</p>