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Ryan v. State
45 Ga. 128
Ga.
1872
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Montgomery, Judge.

The plaintiff in error in this case, represented to the prosecutor, that if he would let him have $20 he would come and work it out with him. The prosecutor let him have the money, and prisoner refused to comply with his *129contract, whereupon prosecutor indicted him for being a common cheat and swindler.

ā€œ A pretence that a party would do an act which he did not mean to do, (as a pretence that he would pay for goods on delivery) was holden not to be a false pretence:ā€ 2d Russell on Crimes, (5th Am. Ed.) 289. The present case comes within the principle quoted.

Judgment reversed.

Case Details

Case Name: Ryan v. State
Court Name: Supreme Court of Georgia
Date Published: Jan 15, 1872
Citation: 45 Ga. 128
Court Abbreviation: Ga.
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