Commonwealth v. Ryder
Citations
- 80 Pa. Super. 452
- 1923 Pa. Super. LEXIS 185
Syllabus
<p>Criminal law — Fraudulent conversion — Notes—Failure to return as agreed — Act of May 18, 1917, P. L. 2-k-l.</p> <p>One who retains possession of promissory notes which were given him for an express purpose, and uses them otherwise for his own gain, in violation of an agreement to return them to the maker in the event of failure to accomplish that for which they were intended, is guilty of a fraudulent conversion of property, within the provisions of the Act of May 18, 1917, P. L. 241.</p> <p>Keller, J., dissents.</p>
Judges: Gawthrop, Henderson, Keller, Linn, Porter, Trexler
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- Commonwealth v. DewhirstBeaver County Court of Oyer and Terminer· 1948-02-07· cited 1×
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