Commonwealth v. Cody

Opinion by

Gunther, J.,

These are appeals by the Commonwealth from the order of the court below quashing two bills of indictment charging the defendant, Lewis W. Cody, with false pretense, under section 836 of The Penal Code of 1939, as amended, 18 P.S. section 4836.

The informations upon which these indictments were based were filed on June 11, 1958 before a Justice of the Peace who issued warrants for defendant’s arrest. One information alleged that on or about April 3, 1956, defendant unlawfully pretended that certain funds were available to him for the repayment of a loan which, in fact, was…