Commonwealth v. Forney

Opinion by

Cunningham, J.,

The appellant, Byron Forney, was convicted of the crime of obtaining $100 frqm, H. E. Montgomery by means of certain false pretenses relative to the manner in which The Forney Mutual, a certain oil and gas company, had been organized and was being operated.

When the case was called for .trial counsel for appellant moved, to quash the indictment, which motion was overruled by the trial judge and two pleas, {1) autrefois acquit and (2) not guilty, were then entered. The Commonwealth traversed the plea of autrefois acquit by a replication ¡and joined issue on both pleas.…