Commonwealth v. Matthews

Opinion by

Watkins, J.,

This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Northumberland County by Clarence Matthews, the defendant-appellant, after conviction of cheating by false pretenses in violation .of §836 of the Act of June 24, 1939, P. L. 872, as amended, 18 PS §4386; and from the denial by the court en banc of his motion in arrest of judgment and for a new trial.

The defendant in April of 1957 was the manager of Reading Home Supply Company of Shamoldn, Pa., and was in active charge of the business .of the company. He arranged with the Guarantee Trust…