R v William Ansell Godfrey
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 01 January 1858 |
| Date | 01 January 1858 |
| Court | High Court |
English Reports Citation: 169 E.R. 1068
IN THE COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH AND THE COURTS OF ERROR
S. C. 27 L J. M C. 15; 30 L T O S 291, 22 J. P 72, 4 Jur N. S 146, 6 W. R 251; 7 Cox C. C 392.
[426] 1858. regina v. william ansell godfrey. (In an indictment for false pretences, it was alleged that the prisoner obtained " from A a cheque for the sum of £8, 14s. 6d of the monies ot B. ' Held, that this was a sufficient allegation that the cheque was the property of B ) [S. C. 27 L J. M C. 15; 30 L T O S 291, 22 J. P 72 , 4 Jur N. S 146 , 6 W. R 251 ; 7 CoxC. C 392] The following case was reserved by the Chairman of the Quarter Sessions for the county of Bedford At the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the county of Bedford held at Bedford on the first day of July 1857 the prisoner William Ansell Godfrey was tried upon the following indictment Bedfordshire ~\The jurors for our lady the Queen upon their oath present that to wit. J William Ansell Godfrey on the 1 Ith day of Apul in the year of our Lord 1857 unlawfully knowingly and designedly did falsely pretend to one Cornelius Cox the said Cornelius Cox then being the counting-house clerk of one William Willis that the sum of fourteen pounds six shillings and three pence was due to one Elizabeth Bottenllfrom the said William Willis by means of which false pretence the said William Ansell Godfrey did then unlawfully obtain from the said Cornelius Cox a cheque for the sum of fourteen pounds six shillings and three pence of the moneys of the said William Willis with intent to defraud whereas in truth the said sum of fourteen pounds six shillings and three pence was not due from the said William Willis to the said Elizabeth Botterill for work done by her for him the said William Wilbs, against the form of the statute in such case made and provided. 2nd count. And the jurors aforesaid upon their oath aforesaid do further present that the said William Ansell Godfrey afterwards to wit on the llth day of April in the year of our Lord 1857 unlawfully knowingly and [427] designedly did falsely pretend to one George Greenhill then being the servant of the said William Willis that the sum of fourteen pounds six shillings and three pence was due to the said Elizabeth Bottenll from the said William Willis for wo?k done by the said Elizabeth Botterill for the said William Willis by means of which false pretence the said William Ansell Godfrey did then unlawfully obtain from...
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