Commonwealth v. Wheeler
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 219, Oct. T., 1919, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Philadelphia Co., June Sess., 1917, No. 667, on verdict of guilty in the case of Commonwealth v. Samuel F. Wheeler. Indictment charging embezzlement as attorney-at-law. Before Martin, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict of guilty on which judgment of sentence was passed. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was the charge of the court and refusal to grant a new trial.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Trexler, J.,
Defendant was indicted under the 114th Section of the Act of March 31, 1860, P. L. 410, which provides that *166any person, being an attorney, and being entrusted for safe custody with the property of any other person, shall, with intent to defraud, or in any manner convert or appropriate it to or for his own use, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. The defendant was a member of the bar. McMahon and others had been indicted in the federal courts for the fraudulent use of the mails. When arrested, McMahon asked Powell to obtain bail for him. The latter went to Wheeler, the…
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