Commonwealth v. Hillpot

Opinion by

Henderson, J.,

The defendant was indicted under the provisions of the Act of May 18, 1917, P. L. 241, for the fraudulent conversion of property. A conviction was had on the second count of the indictment which charged him with the unlawful conversion and appropriation to his own use of a Maxwell sedan automobile, No. 413,128, belonging to the Beading Investment Company. The case turned on the sufficiency of the evidence to show that the latter company owned the automobile. The defendant was a member of a partnership engaged in the purchase and sale of automobiles under the firm name…