Commonwealth v. Thomas

Opinion by

Boss, J.,

In this criminal ease the Commonwealth has appealed from the sustaining of defendant’s demurrer to the evidence produced at a trial on an indictment for cheating by fraudulent pretense.

On January 10, 1939, the defendant, then a resident of Erie County, applied for public assistance from the Erie County Board of Assistance of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on a signed and sworn application, and as a result of the application was granted assistance for herself and five children. In July 1942 she moved to Crawford County and in order to have her assistance continued in that…