Commonwealth v. Anderson

Gerber, J.,

— Defendants were charged with unlawfully conspiring to cheat and defraud one Richard Cameron in violation of the Act of June 24, 1939, P. L. 872, sec. 302,18 PS §4302. At the *270trial of the case neither defendant took the stand nor did either present other evidence on his own behalf. At the conclusion of the Commonwealth’s case, both defendants demurred to the Commonwealth’s evidence. Both demurrers were overruled. Defendants then requested the court to direct the jury to return a verdict of not guilty. The court refused to do so. The jury was then properly charged and it retired.…