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COMMONWEALTH v. MEYER

169 Pa.Super. 40 (1951)

Commonwealth v. Meyer, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

July 19, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irving W. Coleman, with him Martin A. Kutler and Sidney L. Krawitz, for appellant.

Everett Kent, Special Counsel, with him Clifton A. Cloud, District Attorney, for appellee.

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

OPINION BY HIRT, J., July 19, 1951:

The defendant, in anger, seriously injured the prosecutor Theodore Pitts by striking him across the face, using his rifle as a club. The blow was of such force that the stock of the gun was broken by the impact. Subject to possible restoration by plastic surgery, the disfigurement of Pitts' face is permanent. Defendant was convicted of aggravated assault and battery. The jury well might have found him guilty of the more serious...

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