COMMONWEALTH v. PETRULLI


182 Pa.Super. 625 (1956)

Commonwealth v. Petrulli, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

December 28, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Moldovan, with him Nicholas R. Stone, for appellant.

William Claney Smith, Assistant District Attorney, with him Edward C. Boyle, District Attorney, and S. Donald Wiley, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.

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


OPINION BY HIRT, J., December 28, 1956:

Defendant conducts a so-called coffee shop in the City of McKeesport. On a charge of conducting a lottery there he was convicted on evidence which established his guilt beyond all reasonable doubt. In seeking a new trial he contends that he was cross-examined over objection in violation of the immunity vouchsafed him by the Act of March 15, 1911, P.L. 20, 19 PS § 711.

When called as a witness in his own behalf,...

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