Case Name: United States v. John Robertson
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1836-11
Citations: 5 Cranch 38
Docket Number: 
Parties: United States v. John Robertson.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 5
Pages: 38–38

Head Matter:
United States v. John Robertson.
It is not larceny in A to receive goods under a false pretence that the owner had sent him for them, although A appropriated them to his own use.

Opinion:
The defendant went to B, who had sold a parcel of cigars to C, and pretended that C had sent for a box of them; upon which B delivered a box to the defendant, who sold it, and gave a false account of the manner in which he had obtained it.
The Court, (nem. con.) was of opinion that it was not larceny. See Chitty, 907 ; 2 Russell, 118 and Roscoe, 493.