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121 S.C. 139

113 S.E 467

State v. Redman

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided September 1, 1922

Supreme Court of South Carolina · decided 1922-09-01

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently September 2001

2 state decisions

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Decided 1922-09-01

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¶1 The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Fraser.

¶2 The charge in this case is an attempt to obtain goods under false pretenses. The statute makes obtaining goods under false pretenses, irrespective of the amount involved, a misdemeanor. It is elementary law that an attempt to commit a misdemeanor is not an indictable offense.

¶3 The judgment is reversed. •

Chiee Justice Gary >and Justice Watts concur.
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