Commonwealth v. Wilson
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 41, Oct. T., 1919, by defendant, from the judgment of Q. S. Lycoming Co., Sept. Sess., 1918, No. 47, on verdict of guilty in the case of Commonwealth v. Prank I. Wilson. Indictment for larceny. Before Whitehead, P. J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. Verdict of guilty on which judgment of sentence was passed. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were various rulings on evidence, answers to points and the charge of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Trexler, J.,
The defendant, a pawnbroker, was convicted of larceny as bailee of certain jewelry, which had been pawned and Avhich he fraudulently converted to his own use. Most of the assignments require but passing notice:
1st. The offer to prove that defendant’s custom was to destroy his pawn tickets was refused. It would not throw any light or explain defendant’s action in destroying the pawn tickets in question, for they were not such as came to him in the ordinary course of his business' but represented unredeemed pledges. The tickets belonged to the prosecutrix and were turned…
2Cited by1 opinion
- Commonwealth v. WilsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1920