(1) the signature of any person to any written instrument; or
(2) from any person any valuable thing—
no evidence shall be admitted of a false pretense expressed orally and unaccompanied by a false token or writing; unless such pretense, or some note or memorandum thereof, is in writing, and either subscribed by or in the handwriting of the defendant. This section does not apply to an action for falsely representing or personating another, and in such assumed character receiving any such valuable thing.