Commonwealth v. Bonetti

Opinion by

Montgomery, J.,

Appellant Carmen Bonetti was convicted in a nonjury trial presided over by Hon. Thomas M. Reed, Judge, of violating Section 854 of The Penal Code of June 24, 1939, P. L. 872, 18 P.S. §4854, making it a misdemeanor to make, draw, utter, or deliver worthless checks and drafts. His motions in arrest of judgment, or in the alternative a new trial, having been denied and judgment of sentence imposed, this appeal followed.

The evidence showed that on June 12, 1964 Richard E. Weisz, an operator and owner of a check cashing agency in the City of Philadelphia, cashed three…