COMMONWEALTH v. SALERNO


179 Pa.Super. 13 (1955)

Commonwealth v. Salerno, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

July 21, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael von Moschzisker, with him Jacob Kossman, for appellant.

J. Harold Hughes, Assistant District Attorney, with him Raymond R. Start, District Attorney, and Joseph E. Pappano, First Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.

Before RHODES, P.J., ROSS, GUNTHER, WRIGHT, WOODSIDE, and ERVIN, JJ. (HIRT, J., absent).


OPINION BY ROSS, J., July 21, 1955:

This is an appeal by James Salerno after his conviction by a jury on two indictments, one charging conspiracy to engage in bookmaking, and the other bookmaking.

Appellant and one John DuHadway, for approximately six months prior to October 30, 1952, had an arrangement by which the latter allegedly turned over to appellant as banker horse bets placed by various persons. On one of the bets placed by a man named Raffa the appellant...

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