White v. Commonwealth

CULLEN, Commissioner.

Upon a joint trial, Robert White and William Chapman were convicted on two counts of obtaining money under false pretenses, KRS 434.050, and a sentence of two years was imposed on each count. White and Chapman have appealed, asserting numerous grounds of error.

The appellants were charged with having victimized two elderly women by means of the well known “furnace inspection” racket. The evidence for the Commonwealth was that Chapman appeared at the homes of the women, claiming to be an authorized furnace inspector. Upon being permitted to examine the furnaces he reported…