Michigan Supreme Court May 26, 1896 (People v. Elmer)

Grant, J.

(after stating the facts).

1. The undisputed facts in this case established the commission of the offense. It is idle to attempt to draw distinctions between professing to possess a power and pretending to exercise that power. This respondent did both. The precise point is decided in Penny v. Hanson, 16 Cox, Cr. Cas. 173.