Commonwealth v. Spencer
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 23, Jan. T., 1898, by defendants, from judgment of Q. S. Luzerne Go., Nov. Sess., 1896, No. 39, on verdict of guilty. Indictment for conspiracy. Before Bennett, J. It appears from the record that the indictment charged the defendants, Spencer and Aubrey, with having conspired wilfully and maliciously to cheat the firm of Koons & Company out of certain spikes, pipes, etc. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal, No. 23, Jan. T., 1898, by defendants, from judgment of Q. S. Luzerne Go., Nov. Sess., 1896, No. 39, on verdict of guilty. Indictment for conspiracy. Before Bennett, J. It appears from the record that the indictment charged the defendants, Spencer and Aubrey, with having conspired wilfully and maliciously to cheat the firm of Koons & Company out of certain spikes, pipes, etc. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court. Verdict of guilty and sentence thereon that each defendant pajr $100, costs of prosecution and be imprisoned in the Luzerne county jail for one year.…
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Opinion by
Wickham, J.,
The defendants in this case were indicted and convicted for conspiring to cheat and defraud George W. Koons & Co. of valuable personal property. The evidence consisting of about four hundred and fifty-three pages of printed testimony, and one hundred and twenty letters and other documentary exhibits, reveals the philosophy and methods of one of the dangerous forms of dishonesty peculiar to modern business life.
A. L. Spencer, living in Scranton, Pa., had been engaged, prior to 1895, in business dealings with one- E. T. Day, of New. *261-York City, and as he-alleges, obtained…
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