COMMONWEALTH v. DARNELL


179 Pa.Super. 461 (1955)

Commonwealth v. Darnell, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

July 21, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B.S. Ochman, for appellant.

Alfred C. Alspach, First Assistant District Attorney, with him William C. Storb, District Attorney, for appellee.

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


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

The defendant and three others were indicted, tried and convicted of a robbery and assault. Defendant, who was not present at the crime, was found guilty as both an accessory before the fact and after the fact. He has appealed alleging several errors by the trial judge and asks for a new trial.

Defendant first complains of an improper charge as to the definitions of accessory, both before and after the fact. The trial...

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