37 Fla. 321 | Fla. | 1896
The plaintiff in error was charged in the court below with obtaining money by false pretenses. The information, omitting formal commencement, conclusion and affidavit, reads as follows: “ThatE. Moulie, laborer, late of the county of Duval and State of Florida, on the 11th day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, in the county and State aforesaid, feloniously devising and intending to cheat and defraud one Louise Armellini of her property, designedly, by a false pretense, and with intent to defraud the said Louise Armellini, unlawfully, knowingly and designedly did falsely pretend to the said Louise Armellini that the stock and shares of stock of that certain company or concern known as the ‘E. Moulie Florida Floral Perfumery Company,’ were of great value, and that the said assets of said company were largely in excess of all its debts and liabilities, and that said company was per
The defendant moved to quash the information upon the grounds, among others, that the same was vague, indefinite and uncertain, and does not set forth any crime. The motion was overruled. The defendant was put upon trial and convicted. After verdict of guilty, he moved to arrest the judgment upon «the same grounds as he had moved to quash the information, which motion in arrest was also overruled. The-conclusion reached by the court does not require any further statement of the facts of the case.
The judgment of the court below is reversed, with directions that the motion to quash the information be granted.