Commonwealth v. Gipe

Opinion by

Reno, J.,

By separate bills, appellant was indicted for perjury and forgery. They were consolidated for trial and he was convicted on both charges. He was sentenced for perjury; sentence on the forgery conviction was suspended. He appealed both convictions.

The charges grew out of a civ^il action wherein Peirce-Phelps, Inc., sued Helen C. Richards, appellant’s sister, whose electrical appliance business he managed, on a merchandise account for $497.97. At the trial in Lancaster County on April 25, 1950, appellant was his sister’s only witness. He admitted receiving the merchandise and…