Commonwealth v. Turner

Opinion by

Ross, J.,

Appellee, Arthur Turner, was indicted and pleaded not guilty to a charge of cheating by false pretenses under The Penal Code (Act of June 24, 1939, P. L. 872, sec. 836, as amended by the Act of May 21, 1943, P. L. 306, sec. 1, 18 PS sec. 4836) in the Court of Quarter Sessions of Delaware County. At the close of the Commonwealth’s case the trial judge sustained defendant’s demurrer to the evidence, and the Commonwealth has appealed.

Appellee was employed by the Congoleum-Nairn Company at Trainer, Delaware County, from July 10, 1943 until March 7, 1952. On November 8, 1949 he…