US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

                                  TITLE  19
                              CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
                                  CHAPTER 21
                                    TRIAL
    19-2116.  FALSE PRETENSE -- SUFFICIENCY OF EVIDENCE. Upon a trial for
having with intent to cheat or defraud another designedly, by any false
pretense, obtained the signature of any person to a written instrument, or
having obtained from any person, any money, personal property, or valuable
thing, the defendant cannot be convicted if the false pretense was expressed
in language, unaccompanied by a false token or writing, unless the pretense or
some note or memorandum thereof be in writing, subscribed by or in the hand
writing of the defendant, or unless the pretense be proven by the testimony of
two (2) witnesses, or that of one (1) witness and corroborating circumstances;
but this section shall not apply to a prosecution for falsely representing or
personating another, and, in such assumed character, marrying, or receiving
any money or property.