State v. Paul
| Decision Date | 17 February 1879 |
| Citation | 69 Me. 215 |
| Parties | STATE v. NOAH S. PAUL. |
| Court | Maine Supreme Court |
ON EXCEPTIONS.
INDICTMENT, charging that the defendant at, etc., on the 20th of April, 1874, unlawfully, knowingly and designedly did falsely pretend to one William W. Edwards of said Waterville that he, the said Noah S. Paul, then and there owned a valuable piece of timber land situated in Albion in said county, and that the same piece of land contained about one hundred acres in quantity, and that the same was well wooded and well timbered and that there was upon said land a growth of hard and soft wood and hemlock bark, all of which was very valuable, and that the whole tract of said land was worth one thousand dollars. Said premises being described as follows etc., with intent thereby to induce the said Edwards to loan and advance to him, the said Paul, the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars in money and of the value of $350, the property of said Edwards, and to take therefor the promissory note of said Paul for the said sum of three hundred and fifty dollars, dated on said 20th day of April, A. D. 1874, and payable to the order of Edwards in two years from the date thereof, with interest at the rate of nine per cent until paid, and interest payable annually, said note being secured by a mortgage of said tract of land given by said Paul to said Edwards and executed on said 20th day of April, 1874, which said mortgage is of the tenor following, etc., and with intent thereby to cheat and defraud the same Edwards of his said money; and by means of said false pretense did then and there induce said Edwards to loan and deliver to said Paul the said three hundred and fifty dollars in lawful money, and to take therefor said Paul's note for the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars as above described, and said Paul's mortgage of said land as security for the payment of said note as above described; and by means of said false pretense did then and there designedly obtain from said Edwards the said three hundred and fifty dollars in money, and of the value of three hundred and fifty dollars, the property of said Edwards, with intent then and there to cheat and defraud the said Edwards of the same, and did then and there cheat and defraud the said Edwards of said money.
Whereas, in truth and in fact, the tract of land above described was not a valuable piece of timber land, and did not contain one hundred acres in quantity, and was not well wooded and well timbered, and there was not on said land a valuable growth of hard and soft wood and hemlock bark, and the whole tract of land was not worth one thousand dollars, the timber, bark and lumber thereon having been, previously to said April 20, 1874, cut and hauled off, and said tract of land being then and there of no value whatever; all of which the said Paul then and there well knew, against the peace, etc.
The defendant demurred to the indictment, and it was joined The presiding...
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