State v. Swan

Citations

• 55 Wash. 97
• 104 P. 145
• 1909 Wash. LEXIS 713

Syllabus

<p>False Pretenses — Obtaining Money fob Charity. Obtaining a donation of money as a charity under false representations is within Bal. Code, § 7165, making it an offense to obtain money under false pretenses; the act being within the spirit and intent of the law, which makes no exception.</p> <p>Criminal Law — Defenses—Crimes Under Various Acts. It is no defense to a prosecution for obtaining a donation of money by false pretenses, in violation of Bal. Code, § 7165, that the same act is punishable under the vagrancy act, id., § 6724.</p>