John King and William Banks were convicted in the Criminal Court of Record of Orange County on an information which charged that John King “did unlawfully and feloniously attempt to defraud one Wilbert L. Sweeten out of something of value, to-wit: certain goods and lawful money, the currency of'the United States of America, a better description of said money being to your informant unknown the property of the said Wilbur L. Sweeten,. by assuming to have and to be able to obtain a certain secret, advance and inside information regarding the stock market; and that Wm. Banks, W. H. Nagal and Harry Haines of the County of Orange and State of Florida, were then and there at the commission of said felony feloniously present, aiding, inciting and abetting the said John King, the said felony in manner and form aforesaid to do and commit.
Nagal. and • Haynes were acquitted. John King and Wm. Banks seek reversal on writ of error to this court.
The first assignment of error is based upon the order of the court overruling a motion to quash the information upon the grounds: (1) that the “information fails to charge a crime against the- laws of the State- of Florida, ’ ’ and (2) “because said information does not state any fact *259showing that said defendants committed a violation of the law's of the State of Florida.”
The statute under which they were charged, is Chapter 8466, Laws of Florida, Acts of 1921. Section 1 of this Act provides: “That on and after the passage and approval of this Act it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to defraud or attempt to defraud any individual or individuals out of any thing of value, by assuming to have or be able to obtain any secret, advance or inside information regarding any person, transaction, act or thing, whether such person, transaction, act or thing exists or not. ’ ’
The information sets out the offense substantially in the language of the statute, and in addition specifies that the “thing of value” that the defendants sought to defraud Wilbert L. Sweeten out of was the currency of the United States, and what they assumed to have or be able to obtain secret, advance or inside information about was “regarding the stock market.”
This is not one of those offenses, composed of two elements, the overt act and the intent with which the thing is done, both of which must be alleged and proven.
The statute makes it unlawful “to defraud or attempt to defraud1 ’ under the circumstances and conditions stated in the statute. The defendants were charged with the “attempt to defraud;” there was, therefore, no necessity to allege intent.
This court has held that “While all common law crimes consist of two elements, — the criminal act or omission, and the mental element, commonly called criminal intent, it is within the power of the legislature to dispense with the necessity for a criminal intent, and to punish particular *260acts without regard to the mental attitude of the doer.” Smith v. State, 71 Fla. 639, 71 South. Rep. 915.
We think the information was sufficiently clear “in the allegation of facts to acquaint the -defendant with, the nature and cause of the accusation against him, and substantially in the language of the statute prohibiting the crime, and does not mislead or embarrass the accused in the preparation of his defense, or expose him after conviction or acquittal to substantial danger of a new prosecution for the same offense.” Thomas v. State, 74 Fla. 200, 76 South. Rep. 780; Strobhar v. State 55 Fla. 167, 47 South. Rep. 4; Edwards v. State, 62 Fla. 40, 56 South. Rep. 401; Sasser v. State, 79 Fla. 490, 84 South. Rep. 380.
We find no error in the order of the court overruling the motion to quash the information.
The second assignment of error raises the question of the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict. No useful purpose will be served in reciting the evidence. It is sufficient to state that it establishes a very clear case of a well planned “attempt to defraud” Wilbert L. Sweeten out of his money, and that steps in the accomplishment of that purpose had been taken by the defendants, up to the actual getting of his money.
The method that they used in their attempt to defraud, was what is known as “the pocket-book swindle,” which the chief of detectives of the City of Orlando, who had been sheriff of Orange County for a number of years, and H. G. Stutterfield, a post office inspector, testified “is one of the oldest schemes for defrauding known to the world.”
The City Detective Gordon detailed what he called the “three plays” in the swindle, and the defendants had progressed with the swindle sufficiently far to make it a *261very clear case of an attempt to defraud by the means set out in the information.
The judgment is affirmed.
Whitfield, J., concurs. West, J., specially concurs. Taylor, C. J., and Ellis, J., dissent: