State v. . Daniel

Citations

• 19 S.E. 100
• 114 N.C. 823

Syllabus

<p>False Pretenses, what constitutes — Opinion.</p> <p>1. To be indictable the false pretense must be of some existing fact in contradistinction alike from a mere promise or a mere opinion; therefore,</p> <p>2. Where defendant obtained a bottle of medicine from another by false representations that it was too strong to be applied on the face of such other, he cannot be held guilty of obtaining goods under false pretenses.</p>