COMMONWEALTH v. GETTIS


166 Pa.Super. 515 (1950)

Commonwealth v. Gettis, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

April 11, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Shapiro, with him Edward Stone and Shapiro, Conner, Rosenfeld & Stalberg, for appellant.

George P. Williams, 3rd, Assistant Deputy Attorney General, with him John C. Phillips, Deputy Attorney General, and T. McKeen Chidsey, Attorney General, for appellee.

Before RHODES, P.J., HIRT, RENO, DITHRICH, ROSS and ARNOLD, JJ.


OPINION BY ARNOLD, J., April 11, 1950:

The defendant, an inspector in the office of Fire Marshal in the City of Philadelphia, was convicted on fifteen counts of an indictment charging extortion.

The Act of 1911, P.L. 705, 53 PS § 3591 et seq., established the office of Fire Marshal in the City of Philadelphia, and provided for the appointment of the Fire Marshal and assistants and inspectors. Pursuant as the statutory authority the city provided...

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