State v. Pettviel

Citations

• 99 Wash. 434
• 169 P. 977
• 1918 Wash. LEXIS 660

Syllabus

<p>Criminal Law—Trial—Instructions—Comment on Pacts. An instruction that, in order to convict the accused of larceny, the state must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the accused made certain false or fraudulent representations or pretenses as set forth in the information is not objectionable as a comment on the evidence.</p> <p>Larceny — Information — Sufficiency — Statutes. Rem. Code, § 2601, in defining larceny, does not make guilty knowledge an essential element of the crime except by implication from the phrases “with intent to deprive or defraud the owner thereof ... by color or aid of any fraudulent or false representations”; and it is not necessary to charge or prove facts or elements not specifically included in the definition of the crime charged.</p>