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COMMONWEALTH v. LAWTON

170 Pa.Super. 9 (1951)

Commonwealth v. Lawton, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

November 15, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard Turner, for appellant.

Robert L. Kunzig, Deputy Attorney General, with him Bruce R. Wright, Assistant Deputy Attorney General and Robert E. Woodside, Attorney General, for appellee.

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

OPINION BY RHODES, P.J., November 15, 1951:

Appellant, a sewer connection inspector in the Department of Public Works of the City of Philadelphia, was indicted, tried, and convicted on bills of indictment charging him with common law extortion. Appellant does not question the sufficiency of the Commonwealth's evidence which established that he extracted approximately $2,000 from various plumbing contractors by...

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