COMMONWEALTH v. VENTURA


177 Pa.Super. 174 (1955)

Commonwealth v. Ventura, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

January 14, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney Ginsberg, submitted a brief for appellant.

Samuel Dash, Assistant District Attorney, with him Christopher F. Edley, Assistant District Attorney, Michael von Moschzisker, First Assistant District Attorney and Richardson Dilworth, District Attorney, for appellee.

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


OPINION BY ROSS, J., January 14, 1955:

The appellant, Louis Ventura, was indicted for engaging in "pool selling and bookmaking". After his petition to quash the indictment was refused, Ventura was convicted by a judge sitting without a jury, and sentenced. His appeal to this Court followed.

The case is before us on an agreed statement of facts from which we quote the following: "2. On May 3, 1952 Magistrate...

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