COMMONWEALTH v. GETTIS


71 Pa. D. & C. 1 (1949)

Commonwealth v. Gettis

Common Pleas Court of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

September 26, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George P. Williams, 3rd, Assistant Deputy Attorney General, for Commonwealth.

Harry Shapiro, for defendant.


MILNER, J., September 26, 1949.

Defendant, Joseph Byron Gettis, Jr., an inspector in the office of the Fire Marshal of the City of Philadelphia, was tried before Judge Milner and a jury on an indictment charging him with extortion and found guilty. Defendant has filed motions for a new trial and for arrest of judgment which we are now considering. The reasons assigned by defendant in support of both motions are identical with the exception that defendant avers in...

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