Commonwealth v. McCray

Dissenting Opinion by

Hoffman, J.:

I respectfully dissent.

Appellant McCray was tried by the court below, sitting without a jury, on six bills of indictment charging criminal false pretenses. He was convicted and sentenced to from two to five years on each bill, the sentences to run consecutively.

In July, 1965, the appellant represented himself to certain individuals as an officer of the Philadelphia Anti-Poverty Action Committee. He stated that he was authorized to hire workers, who would be paid by the Committee for their services. As a result of these representations, which are concededly…