Commonwealth v. Lenhart
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 175, April T., 1909, by-defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Washington Co., Feb. T., 1908, No. 18, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. William L. Lenhart. Indictment for conspiracy to defraud a bank. Before Taylor, J. At the trial it appeared that the defendants were O. F. Piper, cashier of the People's Bank of California, Pa., and W. L. Len-hart, one of the depositors of the bank. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court.
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Appeal, No. 175, April T., 1909, by-defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Washington Co., Feb. T., 1908, No. 18, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. William L. Lenhart. Indictment for conspiracy to defraud a bank. Before Taylor, J. At the trial it appeared that the defendants were O. F. Piper, cashier of the People's Bank of California, Pa., and W. L. Len-hart, one of the depositors of the bank. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. The commonwealth made the following offer: Commonwealth offers to have exhibits “A-l” and “B-l” now shown witness identified by him,…
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Opinion by
Henderson, J.,
The appellant was indicted with O. F. Piper for conspiracy to cheat and defraud the People’s Bank of California, Pa., by unlawfully and fraudulently obtaining divers large sums of money therefrom. Piper having pleaded nolo contendere the case went to trial against Lenhart alone. The evidence of the commonwealth showed that the appellant had obtained from the bank by transactions extending through a period of about two years sums of money amounting in the aggregate to about $69,000 for which no adequate security was given and which was lost to the bank; that no record…
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