Commonwealth v. Rabinowitz
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 47, April T., 1919, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Allegheny Co., March Sess., 1918, No. 131, on verdict of guilty in the case of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. L. Rabinowitz, alias L. Robinson. Indictment for conspiracy to cheat and defraud. Before Sloan, P. J., 18th Judicial District, specially presiding. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict of guilty upon which judgment of sentence was passed. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 47, April T., 1919, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Allegheny Co., March Sess., 1918, No. 131, on verdict of guilty in the case of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. L. Rabinowitz, alias L. Robinson. Indictment for conspiracy to cheat and defraud. Before Sloan, P. J., 18th Judicial District, specially presiding. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict of guilty upon which judgment of sentence was passed. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were various rulings on evidence and refusal to grant a new trial.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Porter, J.,
The appellant was charged in this indictment with having conspired with L. J. Marks to cheat and defraud one A. Grodner, and having been convicted, he appeals from the judgment. Neither the testimony nor the charge of the court are printed in the paper-book of the appellant, nor are they contained in the record as certified to us from the court below. The testimony not being before us we cannot say that the court abused its discretion in refusing a new trial, and there is no flaw in the record which would warrant us in holding that the court erred in refusing to arrest…
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