Commonwealth v. Mauk

Opinion by

Porter, J.,

The defendant was indicted,- found guilty and sentenced for obtaining money under false pretenses. The indictment charged that he did “falsely and designedly pretend to sell and deliver to Milliard W. McCracken, a certain casket of the value of fifty dollars and a shroud of the value of five dollars, then and there by him selected, wherein and wherewith to bury the body of Howard H. McCracken, whereas in truth and in fact, he, the said Charles H. Mauk, did not sell, nor did he deliver to him, the said Milliard W. McCracken, a certain casket of the value of fifty dollars…