¶1This indictment is good. It sets forth an exchange, which is not only a contract, but a contract executed, like a sale. It is distinguishable in this respect from Commonwealth v. Strain, relied on by the defendant.
¶2Exceptions overruled.
75 Mass. 125
Commonwealth v. Nason
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 15, 1857
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · decided 1857-10-15
Indictment on Rev. Sts. c. 126, § 32, alleging that the defendant on the 4th of October 1856 at Lowell, “ devising and intending by unlawful ways and means to obtain and get into his hands and possession the goods, merchandise, chattels, effects and personal property of the honest and good citizens of this commonwealth, and with intent then and there to cheat and defraud, did then and there unlawfully, knowingly and designedly, falsely pretend and represent to one Abel…
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Decided 1857-10-15
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