Commonwealth v. White

Citations

• 24 Pa. Super. 178
• 1904 Pa. Super. LEXIS 151

Syllabus

<p>Criminal law — False pretenses — Indictment—Act of March 81, 1860, sec. 111.</p> <p>’ An indictment under section 111 of the act of March 81, 1860, relating to obtaining money under false pretenses, which charges that the defendant “ did falsely and designedly pretend ” the matter alleged, knowing it to be false, is not open to the objection that the indictment contained “ no statement showing wherein the pretenses alleged are false.” Nor can it be objected that the matter is not negatived. The averment of its falsity sufficiently negatives it.</p> <p>An indictment for false pretenses need not aver as to how the money was obtained — whether as a gift, a loan, or otherwise. It is sufficient that the money was obtained from the prosecutor by a false pretense, with intent to defraud him of it.</p>