Commonwealth v. Stone

Opinion by

Ervin, J.,

This is an appeal from a judgment of sentence after a trial by a judge without a jury, on a charge of cheating by fraudulent pretenses.

The evidence must be considered by us in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth: Com. v. Mitchell, 181 Pa. Superior Ct. 225, 227, 124 A. 2d 407.

In January 1956 the defendant approached E. F. Garno and represented to him that he had a large order for electric shavers from Shillito’s, a leading department store in Cincinnati, Ohio, but that he did not have sufficient money to finance the deal and requested Garno to finance it on a…