Commonwealth v. Hancock

Opinion by

Hirt, J.,

The indictment in this case charged that the defendant by false pretense did “unlawfully and feloniously obtain from . . . Eston Klinger & Son Lumber Co., a certain amount of lumber of the value .of -$3,-747.88 . . . with intent to cheat and defraud . . .” The indictment charges a felony under §836 of The Penal Code of June 24, 1939, P. L. 872, as amended, 18 PS §4836. Following defendant’s conviction his motions *588for a new trial and in arrest of judgment were denied and sentence was imposed.

It is. established by the testimony that defendant on June 4, 1951, came to the…