Commonwealth v. Slome

Opinion by

Baldrige, J.,

Dorothy Slome, the appellant herein, was convicted of the crime of false pretense. The indictment brought under the common law charges that she, by false representations, obtained the signature of Alice Everett to a Communist party Nomination Paper requesting the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to have printed on the official ballot the names of divers persons, with the intent to prevent the freedom and purity of a General Election to be held November 5, 1940.

The Commonwealth’s evidence shows that the defendant induced Alice Everett and others to sign a…