Commonwealth v. Hall

Opinion by

Judge Coper:

This was an indictment for cheating in trade. The substance of the allegations in the indictment was that the appellees took some ginseng, which is an article of commerce, to John Bartram, a merchant who dealt in that article, and represented to- him that it was good, and sold it to him as such, and received payment therefor, when in fact they knew it was not, having themselves placed lead inside of the roots SO' as ho increase its weight, and in such manner that the lead could not be seen or discovered by ordinary observation, whereby they defrauded the said Bartram.…