63 Colo. 319 | Colo. | 1917
delivered the opinion of the court:
Plaintiff in error was convicted of obtaining a certain sum of money from another by means of the confidence
Williams v. People, 26 Colo. 272, 275, 57 Pac. 701; Kopke v. People, 43 Mich. 41, 43, 4 N. W. 551; Shinn v. State, 68 Ind. 423; Vol. 3, Words and Phrases, p. 2735.
Moreover, § 1785 commands that the act shall be liberally construed and we think this necessarily implies that the words of § 1784, supra, need not be strictly followed. It is sufficient to allege facts presenting a clear case of obtaining, or attempting to obtain, from another money or property “by means and use of the confidence game.” Property or money so obtained passes from the owner’s hands contrary to law, and, therefore, unlawfully. Besides, it is charged in the information that the acts were “contrary to the form of the statute in such case made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the people of the State of Colorado.” Here is an express charge that the acts were contrary to the statute — the law defining the crime — and is necessarily equivalent to the charge that they were “unlawfully” done.
Nash v. State, 2 G. Greene Iowa 286, 293; People v. Stricker, 170 Ill. App. 485.
Apart from this, there are other statutes, some of later date than § 1784, supra, dealing with the sufficiency of an
There is, however, another reason why he is not entitled to relief. He in no wise questioned the sufficiency of the information until after he was found guilty, and we are, by § 1956, R. S. 1908, precluded from considering the technical objection at this late hour. The application for a supersedeas is, therefore, denied and the judgment affirmed.