Commonwealth v. Heintz

Opinion by

Woodside, J.,

Henry Heintz was convicted by a jury of cheating by false pretense and of fraudulent conversion. The court suspended sentence on the charge of fraudulent conversion but sentenced the defendant to the penitentiary on the charge of cheating by false pretense.

The defendant had been previously convicted and a new trial granted by the court below. At the second trial the defendant was not represented by counsel, but after he was found guilty, the court appointed counsel who made motions for a new trial and in arrest ox judgment. The court below dismissed the motions, and the…