Commonwealth v. Sanderson
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 12, March T., 1909, by-defendant, John H. Sanderson, from judgment of Q. S. Dauphin Co., Sept. T., 1907, No. 239, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. John H. Sanderson, Joseph M. Huston, James M. Shumaker, William P. Snyder and William L. Mathues. Indictment for conspiracy for cheating and defrauding the state.
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Appeal, No. 12, March T., 1909, by-defendant, John H. Sanderson, from judgment of Q. S. Dauphin Co., Sept. T., 1907, No. 239, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. John H. Sanderson, Joseph M. Huston, James M. Shumaker, William P. Snyder and William L. Mathues. Indictment for conspiracy for cheating and defrauding the state. Before Kunkel, P. J. The indictment charged John H. Sanderson, as a contractor for the furnishing of the Capitol Building at Harrisburg, sent a false or fraudulent bill or invoice for sofas and tables to the state knowing it to be false and fraudulent; that…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Porter, J.,
John H. Sanderson, the appellant, Joseph M. Huston, James M. Shumaker, William P. Snyder and William L. Mathues were *450jointly charged with conspiracy to cheat and defraud the commonwealth and with having, in pursuance of such conspiracy, defrauded the commonwealth of the sum of $19,308.40. The indictment contained two counts, the first being drawn under-sec. 128 of the Act of March 31, 1860, P. L. 382, and the second count charging conspiracy at common law; the time of the offense being charged in each of the counts as March 28, 1906. John H. Sanderson, the appellant, was…
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