Ryan v. State
Cases that cite this one
14 later published cases cite this decision.
- Chrysler Corp. v. Wilson Plumbing Co. (Ga. Ct. App. 1974)
- Croy v. State (Ga. Ct. App. 1974)
- Lindsey v. State (Ga. Ct. App. 1962)
- Gilligan v. State (Ga. Ct. App. 1941)
- Thomas v. State (Ga. Ct. App. 1940)
- Scarborough v. State (Ga. Ct. App. 1935)
- Vaughan v. State (Ga. Ct. App. 1927)
- Neidlinger v. State (Ga. Ct. App. 1916)
- Thorn v. State (Ga. Ct. App. 1913)
- Oliver v. State (Ga. Ct. App. 1909)
- Calhoun v. State (Ga. 1904)
- Edge v. State (Ga. 1901)
- Holton v. State (Ga. 1899)
- Garlington v. State (Ga. 1896)
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Opinion of the Court
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
“ 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:” 2d Russell on Crimes, (5th Am. Ed.) 289. The present case comes within the principle quoted.
Judgment reversed.
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