State v. Kulbe

Citations

• 67 Wash. 21
• 120 P. 510
• 1912 Wash. LEXIS 1116

Syllabus

<p>Indictment and Information — Indorsement of Names of Witnesses — Necessity—Statutes—Construction. The accused is not a “witness” within Rem. & Bal. Code, §§ 2043 and 2099, requiring the names of witnesses examined before the grand jury to be indorsed on the indictment, where the accused, learning of the investigation, was permitted to make a voluntary statement before the grand jury, but the indictment was not based thereon, and no vote was taken after the statement was made.</p> <p>False Pretenses — Elements of Offense — Efficient Inducement —Instructions—Consistency. In a prosecution for obtaining money by false pretenses, it is not inconsistent or misleading to instruct that the false representations must have been the effective cause inducing the loss of the money and that it is sufficient if they were relied upon and in some measure induced the loss; since the false representations need not be the sole, if the efficient, inducement.</p>